From: Aden Steinke (Aden_Steinke@ms-gw.uow.edu.au)
Date: Sat 14 May 1994 - 01:14:59 EEST
G. Fried said.
> Someone (sorry!) said that the God Learners serve as --
>
> "a lesson for what happens if you try to manipulate myths scientistically
> rather than from an involved cultural perspective."
>
> I realize as well as anyone that G-L-bashing has become de rigeur since GS's
> "turning", and, in general, I am in sympathy with this trend of "no
> experimentation without humility and respect." However, I do also think that,
> as reprehensible as it may be, the G-L way -- in of itself -- is ALSO "an
> involved cultural perspective"! As such, the G-L way is/was as integral to
> Glorantha as any other mythical/historical/cultural phenomenon. Sometimes, I
> detect an attitude that, were it possible, we would expel the memory of
> G-Lism as a residue of naive RQ2 barbarism. Ah, for a good memory eradication
> ritual!
Despite current thought on the matter G-L'ism was a good and positive thing, making it easier for players to imerse themselves quickly into Glorantha and its' complex web of interlocking belief structures and cultures. It may have been naive barbarism, but for its' ease of use by beginers we still use RQ2 religious materials as our main source, modified occasionally by the more recent RQ3 materials, and anything of interest found in the soda archives on RQ3 or RQ4 - even if 2.4 megabytes for the latest rq4 file took a bit of effort :-), mostly as local detail.
Aden Steinke
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