From: Peter Metcalfe (metcalph@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu 14 Aug 1997 - 03:22:53 EEST
People seem to be puzzled at Sandy's contention that
The simple truth is that the traditional gloranthan
Exactly where the dead illuminates (run-of-the-mill
the Illuminates know that there is no afterlife for them
after they die.
afterlife (reincarnation/Ty Kora Tek's Halls of Silence
/Orlanth's Hall/Pamalt's Council) is a product of
*glorantha* whereas the illuminate will not go to any
of these places after his death simply because s/he has
transcended glorantha. The Malkioni theories about
Solace after death have a similar basis.
illuminates as opposed to Lunar Saints and Heroes)
end up is anyone's guess. The most popular theory
among the lunars is a belief in the Healed Cosmos.
Details on this are vague as the quickest way to get
information on it is to ask the Crimson Bat...
Jane Williams applauds me for raging against the
assumption of bigotted Solar anal-retentivism then
notes that I contradict myself by seeming having a
4:1 bias against women in Teshnos.
Well I do... and I don't. Teshnos is biased against
women but it is not a reactionary society IMO which
was the assumption I was raging against. The
cultural norms in Teshnos arise organically through
ancient customs rather than codified laws imposed to
filful some austere god's idea of perfection. A woman
could work her way up through the cult hierarchy and
end up at the top (depending on caste) with nary a
murmer based on her sex (she will receive plenty of
opposition based on what flame society she belongs
to). IMO Teshnan society is such that most women
just do not follow this path (just as much as a women
could join Storm Bull in praxian society but rarely does).
- --Peter Metcalfe
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