Frashokereti
Frashokereti (Avestan: frašō.kərəti, “making wonderful/excellent”) is the Zoroastrian eschatological concept of the final renovation — the apocalyptic purification of the world at the end of cosmic history when Ahura_Mazda’s forces definitively triumph over Angra_Mainyu. All evil will be destroyed in a river of molten metal, the dead will be resurrected, and the world will be restored to its original perfect state.
The Saoshyant (savior figure) plays a central role in bringing about the Frashokereti — a messianic concept that structurally influenced Jewish, Christian, and Islamic eschatology.
The Frashokereti is the cosmic Rubedo: the final synthesis in which all duality (good/evil, life/death, spirit/matter) is resolved into restored unity.
See Also
- Zoroastrianism — the tradition of the Frashokereti
- Saoshyant — the savior who initiates the renovation
- Ahura_Mazda — the supreme deity whose victory the Frashokereti represents
- Angra_Mainyu — the adversarial spirit destroyed in the renovation
- Rubedo — the alchemical parallel: cosmic final synthesis
- Avesta — the scripture describing the Frashokereti