[Glorantha] Re: Theyelan Missionaries

Donald:

>The soul is a cultural-specific idea, Gloranthan cultures seem
>more appropriate than RW ones. Given the three world model of
>Gloranthan magic I'd postulate that there are three different
>kinds of people - theists who have souls, animists who have
>spirits and monotheists who have essences.
>
Oh, a lot more than three, I'd have said. There's 'true' Lunars, who have septessence (IIRC - at any rate, they don't use theism, animism or wizardry), plus whatever it is that Common Magic users have before they connect to theism et. al. Then, there's mystics (who, as we know, are bugger all use as PCs, but who do nonetheless, exist somewhere), and doubtless some more we don't know of yet. And that's even before we extend 'people' to non-humans, many of whom are bound to select 'None of the Above' as their source of magic.

Kind of a pity there isn't a generic term for soul/spirit/essence/septessence/whatever, come to think of it. It's not something that's need in the RW, I guess.

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Trotsky
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