From: Nils Weinander (niwe@ppvku.ericsson.se)
Date: Tue 05 Sep 1995 - 09:51:15 EEST
Michael:
>i'll just say that most of the
> interminable arguments on the digest originate in semantics. Words don't
> mean anything by themselves
Robert:
>I don't know if I can let that statement go - when we're having such a fun
>time before deciding how spells take a semantic component to cast. Now,
>there are a number of possibilities: first, the word(s) actually have part
>of the power of the spell in them - no words, no spell; wrongly said words,
>no spell.
...
>I like to think that the first is true in Glorantha - words themselves have
>power.
Someone has studied up on his vedas and upanishads...
_____
Joerg on the god learners:
>IMO they failed because they acted like grave-robbers rather than decent
>archaeologists when digging up and interpreting myths.
I just had a slightly variant idea on why the GLs got whacked in the end. In the
myths of ancient Greece the gods are jealous and relentlessly strike
down anyone who gets too cocky. What if that's what happened to the GLs?
________________________________________________________________________
Nils W | And in the east the sun is rising...
Office: niwe@ppvku.ericsson.se |
Home: nilsw@ibm.net
------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri 13 Jun 2003 - 16:27:08 EEST