From: thecam@aol.com
Date: Thu 28 Apr 1994 - 07:43:58 EEST
G. Fried sez,
> Another issue: the "unreachable" Arachne Solara --
> Someone brought this up. At the RQCon I asked GS one of my several
> questions for a buck: Can A S receive cultic worship? No was the
> answer.
> But what about this: on page 78 of the "Elder Races Book" of _Elder
> Secrets_ it says:
> "All beast men worship Arachne Solara, creator of the universe."
> And on p. 80, on centaurs (and what a lovely illo on that page, too!):
> "Nature religion dominates, with worship of Arachne Solara as Goddess
> of Nature practised in winter....."
> Too bad Sandy has signed off, cause he and GS were the authors of this
> book, and they were both there for the $-a-question session. I find
> these passages pretty weird, especially considering that the beastmen
> are about the most unnatural critters around, being the results of EWF
> experiments! (Talk about experimentation without respect!) But it
> says the beasties worship A S as a nature goddess. What
> do they get in return for their cult practice? Or is this religion
> simply mystical meditation, with no manifest 'usefulness' to them
> powergaming beastfolk?
From what I've been led to understand, your last question is correct. The beastmen worship, sacrifice MP and POW, etc. but get no real return. A S is just too powerful to recognize worship from us puny mortals.
Dave Camoirano
TheCam@aol.com
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