[Glorantha] Re: Newts

In message <001a01c748af$4034d770$be2c5244@D301MJ91> "David" writes:

>I remember reading something recently that suggested the source of the
>"pyramid scheme" analogy, The idea was that the only people benefiting
>from the EWF were those at the top of the pyramid, The lower ranks
>existed merely to allow the upper ranks to gain their benefits and keep
>their plan in motion with no real benefits (or at least with less
>benefits compared to what they put into the EWF),'

The pyramid scheme analogy comes from the description in the Mongoose RQ Glorantha book. At the time the book describes there are already so many members that a new initiate has a nearly impossible task to initiate sufficent members to rise to the higher levels. It's only those higher levels who can try to obtain the personal development and dragonic magic promised to all. Inevitably the promise is going to fail for the vast majority of initiates. It is certainly unsustainable in that at a certain point it will become impossible to recruit new initiates which is what makes it comparable to a pyramid scam.

Now whether the emphasis of the EWF is on the individual or creating the Cosmic Dragon is going to be a YGWV matter.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/