From: Peter J. Whitelaw (100102.3001@CompuServe.COM)
Date: Mon 27 Jun 1994 - 23:51:01 EEST
Hi all,
I am pleased to say that the responses I received to my initial posting of Taskan material were positive. The remaining material somehow got lost between me, Henk and the Daily so here you will find the remainder of the notes currently available.
The last part posted to the Daily should have been 'Cities of the Taskan Heartland' part III. If those of you who are interested in these notes find that this was not posted (sorry my own filing is too far behind to know whether it was or not) let me know and I shall re-post.
This final set of postings, in three parts, concerns the religions of the Taskan Empire. These would seem topical bearing in mind the recent debate here regarding the importance of devotion in worshippers. Certainly in this campaign one generally gains status not for one's beliefs but for being able to conduct ceremonies and the religious affairs of the cult in an appropriate fashion. Certainly the author of the notes, Jon Drake (whose academic knowledge of the topic is impressive), would support Nick's contention:
>I'll lend my weighty academic backing to the thesis that personal devotion
>to the deity was *far* less important in real-world ancient religion than
>the correct performance of rituals.
All the best,
Peter
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