Zurvan
Zurvan is the god of time in Zurvanism, a Zoroastrian variant that made boundless time the first principle. In that account Zurvan, desiring a son, waited; when the wait produced twins - Ohrmazd and Ahriman - the first to be conceived was not the first to be born.
The planetary, elemental, zodiacal, stone, herb and tarot values are modern Western correspondences chosen for coherence with the rest of the corpus, not ancient attributions. Zurvan is the god of a Zoroastrian variant rather than of the Avesta's own pantheon, and the entry marks the doctrine as attested mainly by its opponents.
Correspondences
Offerings
- Offerings
- IncenseSilenceA long wait
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Zurvan AkaranaBoundless TimeZrvan
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- Boundless TimeFather of the TwinsLord of the Long Dominion
- Symbols
- HourglassTwinsBoundless time
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- TonePatient and impersonalAddressZurvanBoundless TimeFather of the TwinsRelationshipThe span in which both sides happenWarning
Zurvan is not a patron and does not take sides; he is the time in which the sides exist.
ResonanceThe long view fate patience with duality - Modern Practice
Worked with for the long view: a decision that has to be held for years, a fate that will not be hurried, a duality that cannot be resolved and can only be given time. The offering is incense and silence, and the practice is patience with a clock.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- TimeFateDualityBeginningsPatienceThe long viewDestiny
- Mythology Summary
Zurvan is the god of time in Zurvanism, a Zoroastrian variant that made boundless time the first principle. In that account Zurvan, desiring a son, waited; when the wait produced twins - Ohrmazd and Ahriman - the first to be conceived was not the first to be born, and the two rule in turn for the long dominion of time before the end. The Avesta itself does not put Zurvan at the head of the pantheon; the doctrine is known mainly from later polemics and from the Pahlavi texts.
Details
- Secondary Planets
- Uranus
- Correspondences
- ColorsBlackWhiteGreyScentsFrankincenseMyrrhMetalsLeadIronAnimalsSerpent
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