From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Wed 11 Oct 2000 - 01:07:30 EEST
David Cake:
> Anyway, even if the otherworld is kind of theist - I guess my
> proposition could be restated, in a manner that is a little less
> Four-Worldish to satisfy Alex, that the mystic dominated cultures
> (such as Vithela and Kralorela) still acknowledge an otherworld.
Exactly. Which is why 4Wish formulations of beliefs on such matters
are so off the mark, for me. It's not exactly the most endogenous
of viewpoints to imagine that the Vithelans say "Well, we used to
have our own otherworld, but these days we just re-use the same
inferior product as the theists, whom we know to be entirely
incorrect", however theistically-inclined many of their practices
seem to the "objective" observer.
Cheers,
Alex.
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