Creation (Zoroastrianism)
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Creation (Zoroastrianism)
In Zoroastrian eschatology, Creation is the first phase in a three-staged cosmic unfolding (Zoroastrian Narrative, formalized in the Doctrine of the Three Times. During this initial phase, the universe is created, but it is static, uninteresting, and boring.[1] Additional stages include Creation and Separation.[2] In order to deal with this problematic ennui, creation entrees into a second stage known as Mixture.
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Zoroastrianism > Asha, Creation (Zoroastrianism), 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 > Creation (Zoroastrianism), Doctrine of the Three Times, Final Ordeal, Frashokereti, Mixture, Separation, Zoroastrian Binary, Zoroastrian Creation
Zoroastrian Stages of Creation
Zoroastrian Stages of Creation > Creation (Zoroastrianism), 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 tussle, and finally Separation (where creation is transformed and perfected).
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
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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.