The Cosmic Battle — Gumezishn and the Mixture

In Zoroastrian cosmogony, Angra Mainyu invades creation and mixes (Gumezishn) evil with good — corruption entering an originally pure world. The entire history of the cosmos is the process of un-mixing, separating truth from lie, light from darkness. Hex 38 (Opposition) is the state of mixture: fire above and lake below, moving apart, things that should be united now estranged. Hex 3 (Difficulty at the Beginning) is the chaos of initial creation — thunder and water, the sprouting seed pushing through frozen ground. The world is difficult because it is a battleground, not because it was made poorly.

Cross-Tradition Resonances