From: David Cake (dave@difference.com.au)
Date: Thu 27 Jul 2000 - 17:49:54 EEST
Alex wrote:
> > Kabbalism is my favorite.
>
>Kabbalism clearly assumes an otherworld, and one which sounds to me a
>lot like the Sorcery Plane...
Count me in for another of the voices supporting Kabbalism as
a reasonable source of inspiration for the sorcerous worldview.
Sephiroth (and for that matter Qlippoth) correspond reasonably to
some nodes.
Also enochian magic as a source of inspiration, as practiced
by John Dee. Tarot is also an inspiration for some traditions, though
not all.
God Learner sorcery was probably a bit like Golden Dawn, or
some Crowley. A grab bag of whatever they could find, including some
stuff that is very mechanical and dispersonal, and some stuff that is
rather overtly theist (even if the 'worship' is only a mechanism of
convenience). And some stuff that is culturally inappropriate (Hindu
Tattwas, Egyptian deities) but just so convenient.
I lean in the direction of Zzaburism and other esoteric high
sorcery drawing on Alchemy.
Oliver wrote:
>I not sure why the Hero Plane being one contiguous area would make it lose
>unique environments.
I agree. There are large areas of the Otherworld that are not
particular to a particular worldview, and innately hostile to others.
That sounds fine to me, and doesn't make it any less 'unique'.
Cheers
David
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