From: Peter Metcalfe (P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Tue 30 Jan 1996 - 10:30:21 EET
Ian Gorlick:
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Spake on the difference between False Gods and Saints:
>At the moment, especially with Sandy's rules for Saint's blessings, I don't
>think you really can tell the two apart. I am sure that this must be a
>matter of great concern for Malkioni purists.
It is. But such questions as to 'Who exactly is a False God' have become
obscured with more mundane questions like 'What are the people of X doing
wrong?'. For instanse, the Rokari Bishops damn and blast the Ralians for
worshipping obvious False Gods such as Ehilm, Worlath and Paslac (A half
- -troll a Saint? God forbid!) while blissfully unaware that several of
their own saints are of dubious ancestry. Frex, St Froalar might be
called upon by the Seshnegi to ward against Snakes and Snakebite yet all
Seshnegi lore points to the fact that he's alive and well and living as a
snake god in one of Kanthor's Isles. The Seshnegi may also rever the
old sky god (Setum, i think he was) as the Guardian of the Pearly Gates
of Solace. Similarly Talor is hallowed by the Loskalmi yet it seems from
the his Carmanian followers that he was very heterodox. And Waertag
(known as 'The Deep One' to his friends) is barely human...
IMO Nobody has a clue about the real difference between False Gods and
Of course if you really want to be sure, you could junk all the Saints
Saints, if there is one. That's not going to turn Malkionism today
into complete pagans in five years time. The important thing is the
_mode_ of their religion. The emphasis which Malkionism places upon
Sorcery provides a strong counterweight to the Malkioni going completely
pagan. Frex, Why develop the cult of St Worlath further so that one can
recieve a cruddy Shield Rune Spell when you already have Resist Damage?
like the Brithini and the Vadeli do.
Andrew Bean:
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>I did catch Greg's "Stafford speaks" and his insight into
>Illumination and the Red Goddess's link to Nysalor and Yelm was truly
>fascinating.
What was it?
- --Peter Metcalfe
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