beliefs among the individual arordiners vary, though there is a common theological underpinning provided by "ukhtagirk". this theology is a monism: the beginning of the first section of the book recites that "in the beginning was the ar, and ara was the creator". the ar is the impersonal, without qualities, transcendent principle begetting the universe, while ara is his personal, present form as "the creator". the book continues telling the myth of how ara generates the gods and how the goddess anahit gives birth to ari (aryan), the form of mankind. according to arordiner theology, "ar" is the life-giving word root, and it is the origin of words like, for instance, "art" ("arable", "cultivation"; culture, art), "aryyun" ("blood"), "argand" ("womb"), "armat" ("root"), "arka" ("king"), "ara" ("male"), "arev" (the sun), "ara" (manifested ar), "ari" (acting with ar), "chari" (opposing ar). the "essence of things" and their "perfection" is represented by "swastika" motifs.