From: Jonas Schiott (jonas.schiott@vinga.hum.gu.se)
Date: Tue 18 Oct 1994 - 21:09:37 EET
> Paul Reilly here.
>
> Well, apparently there is a dispute about the origins of the Presence/Vessel
>system. Will people who saw it on the RQ4 list back in the first half
>of 1993 back me up?
I've seen it in the RQ4 list archives. You definitely have priority for the _terminology_. As for mechanics, I can't comment, not having read any of the umpteen proposed sorcery systems very closely.
>(CoT, to be picky)
Slip of the mind...
>What Greg seems to think is that the cults of the Dark Empire, and perhaps
>some of the latter-day Arkat cults, had their own "system of information"
>which was like Illumination in some ways (such as ability to detect
>Illuminates, I'm tempted to guess)
Philosophy classes on "Sophistic Gbaji Rhetoric, and How To Refute It"?
>he seems to be rethinking Pelorian idea on illumination, pouring scorn
>on all existing and any possible future rules for illumination (et al),
>and is being very quiet about Arkat cults in the 3rd age.
Oh good, that means I can ignore them a while longer. :-)
>You seemed to be saying, rather, that "some Illuminates might not be either
>Dark-siders or Light-siders".
Yes?
>What I'm suggesting is that it's basically a
>philosophical distinction, and trying to classify individuals by it is a
>bit pointless.
( Jonas Schiott ) ( Institutionen for Ide- och lardomshistoria ) ( Goteborgs Universitet ) ---------------------
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