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	Zurvan
		Zurvan is the Persian god of infinite time, space and fate.
		The earliest solid evidence for a belief in Zurvan seems to date from the Sassanid dynasty, which ruled Persia from 224 to 651.
		Zurvan is mentioned in the Origins of Alchemy Shamanic & Esoteric.
	www.crystalinks.com /zurvan.html (223 words)

	Zurvanism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Zurvan vowed that the first of his twins to enter his presence would receive the kingdom and, on learning this, Ahriman leaped to his side, a fl and hideous creature.
		Zurvanism is a Zoroastrian heresy of the pre-Islamic period and appears to have developed in the late Achaemenid period (529-323BCE).
		The cult of Zurvan appears to have had few rituals, as Zurvan was believed to have been a remote being, entrusting power in the world to Ohrmazd.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/zorast/zurvan.html (383 words)

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		Zurvan is the Persian God of infinite time, space and fate; God of eternity.
		A God of time and space, Zurvan was associated with the the axis mundi: the most common image of Zurvan depicts a winged, lion headed deity encircled by a serpent representing the motion of the sun.
		Zurvan was associated with the later deities Aeon and Phanes.
	www.zurvan.ca (120 words)

	Zurvan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		However, in certain strains of Zoroastrianism, Zurvan is also the father of the good deity, Ahura Mazda, and the evil deity, Angra Mainyu.
		Some historians believe that Zurvan was part of the original teachings of Zoroastrianism, while other historians believe that Zurvan was added to the Zoroastrian belief later.
		Helena Blavatsky asserted that Zurvan was part of the original teachings of Zarathushtra (Zoroaster), but her claim was not based on any actual evidence.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Zurvanism (276 words)

	GRAECO-EGYPTIAN MAGICK -- www.hermeticmagick.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Another translation of Zurvan Akarana is "duration in a circle." The circle symbolises that which is without beginning or end, and the unknown.
		Zurvan Akarana is thus equivalent to the Qabalistic Ain Soph Aur.
		Zurvan Akarana developed into the Hellenistic Aion, the Alexandrian god of Eternity, who was at the head of the divine hierarchy in Mithraism.
	www.hermeticmagick.com /deities/aion-zurvan.htm (517 words)

	Zurvanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Towards the end of this period, androgyne Zurvan began to doubt the efficacy of sacrifice and in the moment of this doubt Ohrmuzd and Ahriman were conceived: Ohrmuzd for the sacrifice and Ahriman for the doubt.
		That Zurvanism is altogether considered the heresy is however remarkable since the strict dualism that was implicit to the cult was more in line with the dualism alluded to in Zoroaster's own Gathas than with the polytheistic rationalizations of natural phenomena that Zoroastrianism had almost become by the end of the Achaemenid period.
		Nonetheless, that Zurvanism was the predominant brand of Zoroastrianism during the cataclysmic years just prior to the fall of the empire, is, according to Duchesne-Guillemin, evident in the degree of influence that Zurvanism (but not Mazdaism) would have on the Persian brand of (Shi'a) Islam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zurvanism (2982 words)

	Religions of Iran: Zurvânism
		Zurvanism, even in its crudest form, is an attempt to arrive at a principle which is an all-inclusive One, changeless in essence, yet the source of all change.
		Zurvan himself was originally bisexual; and his full name may well have been Zurvan i Khwashkhwarrik, 'Zurvan whose Khwarenah or fortune is fair'; for a person of the name of Khwashkhwarrik is once said to be the mother of Ohrmazd and Ahriman.
		For Zurvan, as father Time, is seen as the author of both life and death, and since it is death that invariably and inevitably extinguishes individual life, he is primarily thought of as death.
	www.iranchamber.com /religions/articles/zurvanism2.php (6491 words)

	agathodaimon_serpiente
		Zurvan Akarana is thus equivalent to the Qabalistic Ain Soph Aur.
		Zurvan's sacrifices had actually been successful and the good god called Ahuramazda (later Ormuzd) was subsequently born.
		Zurvan Akarana developed into the Hellenistic Aion, the Alexandrian god of Eternity, who was at the head of the divine hierarchy in Mithraism.
	www.uned.es /geo-1-historia-antigua-universal/SERPIENTES/agathodaimon.htm (545 words)

	Zurvanism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Zurvanism addressed a solution to what was a monotheistic problem of Zoroastrianism.
		They came to explain that time, Zurvan, was the father of everything, both of the good force, Ahura Mazda and the negative force, Ahriman.
		Zurvanism would not survive as a religious orientation, and its contemporary influence is hard to assess, but may not have been great.
	i-cias.com /e.o/zurvanis.htm (90 words)

	The Holy Order of O:N:E:
		As finite space as well as finite Time Zurvan is embodied in the macrocosm, and man, the microcosm, is made in his image, the parts of man corresponding in every respect to the parts of the universe in toto.
		Thus, the embodied Zurvan is the god of fate, and because he himself must work out his own salvation in finite time and gradually wear away the residue of his sin which is still very much with him, he is willy-nilly the dispenser of good and bad fortune alike.
		Zurvanism, so long as it remains within its Zoroastrian context, is no more pessimistic than is orthodoxy, for Zurvan is not only Zaroqar, 'he who brings old age', but also Frashoqar, 'he who brings about the Frashkart' itself.
	essenes.net /new/Zurvanism.html (6343 words)

	InfoHub - Zurvanism
		According to the tenets of Zurvanism, Zurvan was the creator of all and the father of both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman.
		Zurvan was horrified at the appearance of Ahriman and declared that he stank.
		In short, this attribution of the evolution of the world from the primal Time/Space, Zurvan was based on a thoroughly materialistic interpretation of the universe, fundamentally alien to the orthodox Zoroastrian belief in a creator, a life after death, and a stress on rewards or punishments.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=2884 (810 words)

	Changes in Zarathushtra's Teachings - (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		Zurvanism, is a heresy that contaminated the core of the Gathic faith.
		Zurvanism originated in the later part of the Achaemenian dynasty and changed the interpretation of the Ethical and Cosmic Dualism as presented in the Gathas by the prophet, Asho Zarthust.
		This heresy went through further changes and thus Zurvan was believed to be the father of the twins, Ohrmazd (formerly Ahura Mazda -- the Lord of Wisdom) and Ahriman (formerly the evil spirit); the sun, moon and stars (humata, hukta, havarashta) as the children of Ormuzd and Ahriman was the Satan.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Religions/iranian/Zarathushtrian/zarathushtras_teachings.htm (2113 words)

	Zurvanism - CAIS
		Both types of Zurvanism, however, present a direct challenge to the orthodox dualism, and both challenge it where it is weakest-in its conception of a godhead which, though perfectly good, is nonetheless limited by a positive power of evil.
		Zurvanism brings a new dimension into Zoroastrianism-the dimension of an eternity which is not simply infinite duration, but a condition that is beyond space and time, and which, being itself a state of perfect rest, must also be the source from which all movement and all action proceed.
		Zurvanism proper, it would appear, did not receive official sanction until the reign of Yazdgird II, although it must have existed as early as the fourth century BC as the testimony of Eudemus shows.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Religions/iranian/zurvanism.htm (15235 words)

	Zurvan - WikIran
		In addition to the aforementioned aspects, Zurvan is the ultimate conception of divine neutrality, being genderless and beyond human definitions of "good" and "evil." Originally, Zurvan was represented as having emanated forth both the Light and the Darkness which led to the formation of the Universe.
		However, towards the era of the Sassanid Empire, Zurvan was also said to have emanated forth both Ormazd, the god of Good, and Ahriman, the god of Evil.
		Zurvan is derived from the Middle Persian term zurwān (time), which corresponds with the Avestan term zruvā, stem zruvan-.
	www.wikiran.org /wiki/Zurvan (355 words)

	Phoenician concept of time and "Secret Works of the Phoenicians."
		The point of all this is that it implies that Zurvan as a sexless and eternal primeval god was a late heresy of the original Zoroastrian idea.
		Zurvan simply means “time” and time is a key part of Zoroastrianism, which divides it into the time of creation, the finite time of history (“Time of Long Dominion”) and the eternal time after that (“Boundless Time”).
		Zurvan gave the rule of the world to the first son to appear and it turned out to be the Evil Spirit.
	phoenicia.org /time.html (1118 words)

	Zurvan information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In certain strains of Zoroastrianism, Zurvan is also the father of the good deity, Ahura Mazda, and the evil deity, Angra Mainyu.
		Zurvan is often depicted as a winged figure with the head of a lion and a serpent wrapped around the body.
		The theosophist Helena Blavatsky asserted that Zoroaster taught that Zurvan was the father of Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Zurvan?redir=1 (271 words)

	Zurvan
		Zurvan is the father of the good god Ahura Mazda and the evil god Angra Mainyu.
		Zurvan is also the god of destiny, light and darkness.
		In Zurvanism, the state religion of the Sassanides in the 3rd-7th century CE, Zurvan is the highest god and lord of the four elements.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/z/zurvan.html (119 words)

	Ahriman
		At this instant, both Ohrmazd and Ahriman are conceived: Ohrmazd in response to Zurvan's faithfulness and Ahriman as punishment for his doubts.
		Zurvan decides that the firstborn child will be given rule over the earth.
		Zurvan weeps, realizing that this child is dark and evil, while Ohrmazd is good and beautiful.
	www.whiterosesgarden.com /Nature_of_Evil/fallen_angels/FAngels_A/Ahriman.htm (432 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Zurvan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The subject of the "old" Zurvan article is now at Zurvanism.
		In Zurvanism (Zurvanite Zoroastrianism) as ZurwÄn, derived from the Avestan language word for 'Time'.
		In Manichaeism, where Zurvan is the Middle Persian name that Mani used in his Shapurgan to signify his "Father of Greatness" (Aramaic: {{UnicodeAbbÄ dÉRabbÅ«á¹¯Ä}}), the primordial deity of light.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Zurvan (162 words)

	Weirdcrap's Alarmingly Strange Stories - Iblis Concept
		The crew was made up of volunteers who believed dogmatically in the rebirth of Humanity and the destruction of all who stood in the way of their new life.
		Zurvan, unlike the people he commanded, did not appear to be so openly misled.
		Zurvan was a soldier, from birth to death.
	theweirdcrap.com /stories/2003/iblis/04.html (690 words)

	Time and the Zurvan myth
		In the end, when he doubts the efficacy of his actions Angr Mainya is conceived as a result of the father's doubt while Ahira Mazda comes from the merits of the sacrifices.
		Zurvan, with his plans thwarted, can only wait with the assurance that in the end good would prevail (Grimal).
		The myth of Zurvan appears to answer previously purposed questions: in the initial paragraph it was stated that Iran held to the first myth accounting for the creation of the world without much explanation of the existence of evil that existed before the world's creation.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/~articles/t/time_and_the_zurvan_myth.html (452 words)

	Ahriman
		The twin spirits became the offspring of a pre-existing primeval being, Zurvan Akarana, "infinite time." Because Zurvan had vowed that the firstborn should rule as king and Ahriman "ripped the womb open" in order to claim the title, the evil one was given the kingdom of the world for a limited period.
		Zurvan, begotten of the supreme god, had offered sacrifices for a thousand years to have a son, and in the end doubted the efficacy of his own acts.
		The mythology surrounding the twin, spiritual brothers, Ahriman and Ohrmazd, begotten of Zurvan was embodied in the religions of Zoroastrianism,
	www.themystica.org /mythical-folk/articles/ahriman.html (872 words)

	The Inner Sanctum - Nights of Hamilton - Novogate.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Zurvan saw that his ghoul was not responding to his words and went for him once again, taking hold of him by his shoulders and lifted him up from the floor as he spoke to him.
		Zurvan was taken aback when he heard his ghoul after being pushed away but remained silent as he adjusted himself and followed him with his eyes; awaiting to hear more of Gabriel's bold words before doing anything else that he might regret later but went on to answer his question regardless.
		Posted 07-28-05 08:05 PM Zurvan was startled when he heard Shannara behind him after he had shut the door, he was too involved with what had taken place in his mind that he did not sense her approach and turned to face her; answering her question about Gabriel.
	www.novogate.com /board/4569/213561-1.html (4926 words)

	ClanGangrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A battle ensued between her Parents, and Zurvan's desire to remove Dabbofemme from the influence of her Sire Shannara was great.
		Zurvan was not fooled however, and he broke through the spell and guessed which image was the correct person, he seized Dabbofemme and with a vicious bite, he drained her to the point of a second death.
		Shannara still fought however, and Zurvan wielding a mighty sword was to cut in two his daughter laying unconscience on the floor, as he did not want his estranged wife to take his daughter.
	vampireroleplay.homestead.com /ClanGangrel.html (1002 words)

	The Inner Sanctum - Nights of Hamilton - Novogate.com
		Posted 12-07-05 10:41 AM Once Zurvan had the small disc in his possession he watched the Nosferatu sink inside the manhole as it was devoured by its darkness, and just as he did the Toreador slid back the heavy steel lid back into its place with the slightest of effort.
		Posted 12-12-05 01:13 PM "Cheese?" he looked up where Zurvan was pointing and saw the camera he was about to hold his hand up and flip off who ever was there but thought better of it especially when he heard that Zurvan was calling him a friend that can be trusted.
		Posted 12-12-05 02:37 PM Zurvan continued to lead the way through the underground nightclub, it was obvious he knew his way around the place as for each step that he took led them right where he wanted to be.
	www.geocities.com /inner_sanctum_past_games/What_If_The_Meeting.html (7158 words)

	Zurvan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was typically the priests of Asham who brought forth the heretical idea that if Aharom and Angran were brothers, they were born from some greater being.
		Zurvan was postulated as the creator of the world and the gods.
		Zurvan is the reason that time is bounded by the patman such that Eretria only exists for a given amount of time.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~mjwargo/Zurvan.html (119 words)

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		Zurvan noted the snake flying over to the beautiful lad; the boy in question began to write a note.
		Zurvan, under normal circumstances, didn't startle easily, but a letter suddenly dropping from the sky was enough to do the trick.
		Zurvan blushed just a tinge, but it was easy enough to see; he tried to remain nonchalant, though, despite the snake resting on his hand.
	www.blurty.com /talkread.bml?journal=msas&itemid=10563 (2414 words)

	Zurvanism - Zurvan
		Zurvanism proper differs from orthodoxy in that it posits a principle prior two the Spirits of light and darkness, good and evil -the principle of Infinite Time.
		In the world this vital spirit which maintains the macrocosm as a living unit is Vay(u), the atmospheric wind, in exactly the same way as breath keeps the human body alive.
		Zurvanism, then, would seem to have sheltered two quite distinct aberrations within its fold, the one equating the female principle with evil, the other assigning all power to fate and thereby making all action and all resolve futile.
	www.farvardyn.com /zurvan6.php (2489 words)

	The Inner Sanctum - Nights of Hamilton - Novogate.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Posted 01-19-06 09:46 PM Zurvan felt a sudden sense of guilt and turned to look back, but he was far enough from the Motel already to even bother.
		Zurvan stepped back when he saw the door begin to open but when he saw he his child and the condition he was in he almost wept.
		Zurvan broke his glance from the Ravnos after trying to imagine what he had gone through and then went for Shannara.
	www.novogate.com /board/4569/218009-17.html (2371 words)

	Rari Coss - Conjuring 4/6 - BG
		She was curled up on the bed in one of Giles’ shirts, one of his handkerchiefs held in one hand and his robe tucked tightly against her.
		Zurvan had shown up with Ethan’s favorite kind of scone as well and Ethan had had to fight off some of his own tears.
		Zurvan frowned, not at her but at his memories.
	vampirecows.com /odd/authors/rari/conjuringbg04.html (2435 words)

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