[Glorantha] Re: Lunar Mysticism

From: Brian Curley:

> I'd be cautious about assuming objectivity in what you read in ILH2. I
> think the Lunars no more have a lock on mysticism than any other mystic
> organization, of which there have been many in Glorantha. I think what's
> in ILH2 is merely the Lunar version.

Their approach is idiosyncratic, but still clearly and recognisably mystical. There are clear and strong lines of congruence with eastern mysticism. I'll post on what I think is peculiar to them soon, but I need to order my thoughts first.

> It's all very "forest for the trees." No one can tell you what it is
> because if you were capable of understanding the answer, you'd never ask
> the question.

And in fact human reasoning powers, which are how we comprehend the material (finite, measurable) world, are inadequate to the task so you have to develop powers other than logic and reason in order to comprehend it, and this process is what Akindling (a kind of awakening of your spiritual senses?) and Sevening (awakening your seventh soul) are all about.

From: "Phil Hibbs":

> "The Myth Is Now", kind of like "The Myth Is Me" as the God-learners put it.

Man as Microcosm. As Above, So Below.

Simon Hibbs Received on Tue 20 Jun 2006 - 12:57:02 EEST