From: Nils Weinander (niwe@ppvku.ericsson.se)
Date: Tue 05 Jul 1994 - 22:16:54 EEST
Nils Weinander writing
Me on eastern sorcery:
N> calligraphy or dance. Imagine the surprise of characters from central N> or western Genertela when they see a yellow-skinned man dancing up a N> fire, or healing a wound by reading a poem.
Cullen in reply:
>An amusing image... The image of dancing up a fire would surely come as
>no surprise to anyone acquainted with shamanism though
No? I didn't think Gloranthan spirit magic involved that kind of ritual for 'normal' spell effects.
>In China there were classic books of
>poetry, and knowing an appropriate verse from one of the classics (or
>being able to create one) was regarded as the mark of learning (I seem
>to recall). This could be easily made into magical poems that draw on
>the power of the universe (with a skill roll for discernment?), and it
>could be impolite to use a poem twice in the same day/week/year.
The impolite bit is very nice, just the right way for a polite, cicilized mystic. In my 'mystic sorcery' variant I didn't intend for the poetry or other focus skill to carry any actual magical power. It is meant just to focus the mystic's mental energy. In the 'low magic' the practitioner just enhances a skill with a kind of magic, but when it comes to the 'mystic sorcery' there is not a single skill which is to be enhanced, but a magic effect to be brought to existence. The focus skill is just a substitute to get the mind of the mystic in the right kind of trance.
Cullen on eastern afterlife:
>With the vast majority hoping to get enough good
>karman to get into the pure land, where they will pass from the cycle
>when the emperor comes. A few monks and crazy holy (wo?)men will see
>the doctrines of the dragons more truly and realize that all of
>existence is unified, and that there are no enduring essences anywhere
Right on!
Me:
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