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| - Eternal Recurrence (エターナル・リカーランス Etaanaru Rikaaransu?) is a mystic arte used by Richter Abend from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
- The Eternal Recurrence, also known as Eternal Circle, is a system that brings the universe to a "reset" point in the past when either Anima is on the verge of activating or the Collective Unconscious is on the verge of collapsing. When the system is invoked, every consciousness forgets its past life. Thus humanity and all life lives in an eternal cycle - the Lower Domain is reset through the big bang and life is trapped in an endless cycle, repeating itself from the big bang and to the future onwards until the next inevitable Eternal Recurrence.
- A major catastrophic event (normally, The End of the World as We Know It) happens not once but on regular basis. It is not the "end" in linear sense but rather a cycle of endless Reincarnation, a Reset Button for the universe pressed over and over again. This may cause a Medieval Stasis. Compare Groundhog Day Loop and Vicious Cycle. Has to have happened at least twice, otherwise it's simply The End of the World as We Know It. Examples of Eternal Recurrence include:
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| - Eternal Recurrence (エターナル・リカーランス Etaanaru Rikaaransu?) is a mystic arte used by Richter Abend from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
- A major catastrophic event (normally, The End of the World as We Know It) happens not once but on regular basis. It is not the "end" in linear sense but rather a cycle of endless Reincarnation, a Reset Button for the universe pressed over and over again. The idea goes back to Hindu and Buddhist traditions. In Hinduism, there is the Maha Yuga concept where the universe is destroyed and recreated by Brahma every 4.32 million years. Buddhism has a similar notion of Kalachakra ("wheel of time"). Some New Age interpretations of ancient Mayan religion suggest that the world is due for a Continuity Reboot at 11:11am GMT on December 22nd, 2012, although the Maya themselves don't believe this. This is also known as "eternal return". Many such systems divide these periods of existence into 'Ages'. The Yuga system, for example, shows the world evolve and devolve within each cycle (see Gotterdammerung). Of course, a more Theme Park Version-esque view on these traditions boils down to "History Repeats." The term Eternal Recurrence was itself coined by Friedrich Nietzsche, who, while never suggesting this theory was true, adopted it as a thought experiment to test one's willpower. For example, a truly virtuous, life-loving person would be able to endure reliving his entire experience and mistakes over and over, with neither bitterness nor regret. A person capable of this degree of engagement with the world demonstrates mastery of amor Fati and the 'self-affirming Yes'. It's also to prevent Nietzschean philosophical concepts, such as the Ubermensch, [[wikipedia:%C3%9Cbermensch#Relation to the eternal recurrence|from becoming overly-idealistic]]. This may cause a Medieval Stasis. Compare Groundhog Day Loop and Vicious Cycle. Has to have happened at least twice, otherwise it's simply The End of the World as We Know It. Examples of Eternal Recurrence include:
- The Eternal Recurrence, also known as Eternal Circle, is a system that brings the universe to a "reset" point in the past when either Anima is on the verge of activating or the Collective Unconscious is on the verge of collapsing. When the system is invoked, every consciousness forgets its past life. Thus humanity and all life lives in an eternal cycle - the Lower Domain is reset through the big bang and life is trapped in an endless cycle, repeating itself from the big bang and to the future onwards until the next inevitable Eternal Recurrence.
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