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    Zurvanism is a religious school of thought founded on the principle of Time ("Zurvan") as a primordial creator. There were three schools within Zurvanism: Aesthetic Zurvanism viewed Zurvan as undifferentiated Time that divided into reason and concupiscence under desire. Materialist Zurvanism challenged the idea of creation from nothing, instead believing everything was made from preexisting material. Fatalistic Zurvanism resulted from the doctrine that nothing could change the preordained course of the universe as determined by the movement of astral bodies and planets.

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    Zurvanism is a religious school of thought founded on the principle of Time ("Zurvan") as a primordial creator. There were three schools within Zurvanism: Aesthetic Zurvanism viewed Zurvan as undifferentiated Time that divided into reason and concupiscence under desire. Materialist Zurvanism challenged the idea of creation from nothing, instead believing everything was made from preexisting material. Fatalistic Zurvanism resulted from the doctrine that nothing could change the preordained course of the universe as determined by the movement of astral bodies and planets.

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    Zurvanism is a religious school of thought founded on the principle of Time ("Zurvan") as a primordial creator. There were three schools within Zurvanism: Aesthetic Zurvanism viewed Zurvan as undifferentiated Time that divided into reason and concupiscence under desire. Materialist Zurvanism challenged the idea of creation from nothing, instead believing everything was made from preexisting material. Fatalistic Zurvanism resulted from the doctrine that nothing could change the preordained course of the universe as determined by the movement of astral bodies and planets.

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    Zurvanism is characterized by the element of its First Principle which is Time, "Zurvan", as a primordial creator.

    According to Zaehner, Zurvanism appears to have three schools of thought all of which have classical Zurvanism as their foundation:
    Aesthetic Zurvanism

    Aesthetic Zurvanism which was apparently not as popular as the materialistic kind, viewed Zurvan as undifferentiated Time, which, under the influence of desire, divided into reason (a male principle) and concupiscence (a female principle).
    Materialist Zurvanism

    While Zoroaster's Ormuzd created the universe with his thought, materialist Zurvanism challenged the concept that anything could be made out of nothing.
    Fatalistic Zurvanism

    Fatalistic Zurvanism resulted from the doctrine of limited time with the implication that nothing could change this preordained course of the material universe and that the path of the astral bodies of the 'heavenly sphere' was representative of this preordained course. According to the Middle Persian work Menog-i Khrad: "Ohrmazd allotted happiness to man, but if man did not receive it, it was owing to the extortion of these planets."

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