Separation
The Separation is the final phase in the Zoroastrian Narrative's staged view of creation, the Doctrine of the Three Times. During this phase, the universe, owing to the work done in Mixture, becomes complex, entertaining, and fun, evil is separated from good and destroyed, and a new utopia unfolds. [1] Additional stages include Creation and Separation.[2]
Terms
Zoroastrianism > Asha, Doctrine of the Three Times, Drug, Druh, Final Ordeal, Frashokereti, Gathas, Mithra, Mixture, Separation, Vohu Manah, Zoroaster, Zoroastrian Creation
Elements of the Zoroastrian Narrative
Zorastrian Narative > Doctrine of the Three Times, Final Ordeal, Frashokereti, Mixture, Separation, Zoroastrian Binary, Zoroastrian Creation
Zoroastrian Stages of Creation
Zoroastrian Stages of Creation > Mixture, Separation, Zoroastrian Creation
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Notes
According to the Zoroastrian doctrine of the Three Times, creation emanates from Ahura Mazda linearly, and passes through three stages, these being Creation (where the world is created), [[Mixture (where oppositional forces (too often conceptualized as good and evil) fight, and finally Separation (where creation is transformed and perfected). According to Zoroastrian faith, we are currently in the Mixture phase (or, as some readers might prefer to refer to it, the checkboard/chessboard phase). In the Zoroastrian faith, the Mixture is not necessarily seen as a bad thing because it leads, in the end, to a better, more varied, creation. According to the Zoroastrian faith, the period of Creation is seen as simplistic, static, and undesirable, whereas the eternal period of separation, which follows upon the mixture, is characterized by a desirable variation and complexity, a complexity and variety derived from the “mixing” that goes on in the Mixture. Boyce (2011, p. 27) notes that the linear and staged nature of creation is also a break with earlier, cyclical cosmological frames
Footnotes
- ↑ Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.
- ↑ Mike Sosteric, From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Mass Human Manipulation, Under Review, https://www.academia.edu/34504691.
