Sands of Time in my shoes

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view

From: Peter Metcalfe (P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Fri 08 Nov 1996 - 08:51:43 EET

Phil Hibbs:
===========

Me>>What the hell is the difference between using a power then and using
>>a power now then? You don't require any change in Time. Which was
>>my point.

>The difference is: "now", you don't *need* a power; "then", you did.

But any act you can do 'now' can be *said* to be using a power.
If I kill someone, I have invoked death. If I make love to
someone, I have invoked the fertility power. If I have made
a prophecy about a holy war that will engulf Dragon Pass in
the near future, then I have invoked the fate rune. And so
on. So your statement does not tell us *anything*.

So I repeat. What can I do *now* that I couldn't do *then*? And
why does this require the _complete_ absense of time? Why couldn't
it merely be a change in the nature of the Otherworld? What do
you *mean* by invoking a power since by _your_ response to the sword
story, the person does not have to necessarily know that he is
invoking the power?

- --Peter Metcalfe

------------------------------

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri 13 Jun 2003 - 16:53:32 EEST