Runes

Runes are 'secret' concepts or principles that we can use to make sense of the world we live in. Apart from the Primaruna there are a large number of other Runes that are used to give name to different aspects of reality. Zartianism doesn't currently provide a fully comprehensive system of runes, but we do provide a good number of suggestions. (see the Zartian.uk website)

Some Runes

Runes are concepts we pay attention to that help us grasp the workings of the world: Some of these are:

Zurvan is the ground of time and space in which everything moves.

Urvan is the soul or the spirit of life. It is our feelings and our movement and actions.

Arta is Order. When the Zurvanic flux is in a state of Arta then the different elements, the different beings and their actions work together in harmony.

Darma are actions that uphold Arta. Where Arta is the Order of a well-functioning society, then Darma are the actions need to sustain this society and its institutions.

Noia is our way of thinking. It is how we see the world and the grounds we use to decide how to act.

Dolus is deception, trickery, false illusion. Dolus is what clouds our Noia and leads it astray. Dolus is an aspect of Dreg which is any deviation from what is right and true.

Strephis is 'churning' also 'striving, struggle and strife'. We are in Strephis when we are fully engaged in life.

Ataraxa is disengagement, the opposite of Strephis.


More information on the above can be found on our sister site at www.zartian.uk