[Glorantha] Re: Great Self

Jane Williams:

> > It is a mystic term, undoubtedly named differently
> > in
> > different cultures. The East Islanders call it
> > Atrilith.
>
> Well in that case what's the non-dodgy Simon Hibbsian
> term meaning "soul, spirit, essence, or whatever your
> otherworld calls the thing"? We still need one, and it
> looks like "Great Self" just got hijacked by the
> Mystics (or was it the Lunars?)

Soul (theism), Essence (Malkionism), Spirit (animism) are all prefectly good terms and have distinct meanings when used in context. Previously I used the term soul as a generic term for all three but I'm trying not to do that any more. As a generic term perhaps we could say they are all kinds of Life Force.

The Great Self is another term with a specific meaning that isn't being hijacked by anybody. Souls, Essences and Spitrits are not kinds of Great Self, or part of the Great Self. It is 'none of the above'.

Simon Hibbs Received on Tue 09 May 2006 - 12:27:55 EEST