Re: Carmanians: Zoroastrians on the Rocks with a Twist

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From: Paul Reilly (paul@phyast.pitt.edu)
Date: Mon 30 May 1994 - 23:17:32 EEST

  Paul Reilly here. The Carmanian interest group is working on stuff to release to the net. I will jump the gun a little to correct an impression that Steven Barnes picked up somewhere:

"They {the Zoroastrians} believe in a creator diety; they believe in an ongoing
conflict between the forces of Darkness and Light. Darkness = Evil, Lies, and Destruction; Light = Good, Truth."

  True enough, there is a lot more. On to the Carmanians.

"Regarding the Carmanians, the Creator is obviously analgous to
the Invisible God. If we use Zoarastorism as a model, this suggests that they revere dieties (or "saints") of light, and shun those of darkness."

  The Carmanians believe in a Light/Dark dichotomy; however BALANCE is the key here. The Universe is working properly when these forces, emanated from the God, are in proper balance. The Dara Happans are, in the Carmanian view, doomed to cycles of revolution and destruction because they try to deny the Dark side of life. This leads to much evil - perhaps the whole trauma of the God's War was brought about as a response to Yelm's Bright Empire.

  So it's like Zoroastrianism but different. One has to embrace the Dark as well as the Light. Different factions within the Carmanian Church have different ideas on how best to go about this, but I think all would acknowledge the basic principle. Nick?

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