From: Curtis Shenton (curtiss@netcom.com)
Date: Wed 07 Jul 1993 - 09:09:57 EEST
Does Glorantha really have just three magic systems? It seems to me that
we may be going about the sorcery discussion the wrong way. Looking back
through GoG it's pretty obvious alot of magic systems in their really
didn't fit neatly into the three magic systems we have now. Is the magic
granted by Godyuna really so closely related to the magic of the
Mostali? Is the Path of Immanent Mastery really divine magic? Just what
does sorcery mean anyway? The magic system of the Mostali, Westerners,
the East Isles, and the Black Arkat trolls is pretty wide ranging. And
then what about Lunar Magic? And the dragon magic the dragonnewts use.
Maybe we do need a seperate _Magic of Glorantha_ book. Trying to
shoehorn all these diverse magic systems into the label "sorcery" is
starting to bother me. The way I see it there are three ways to do
magic. One is get magic from the gods(divine magic), another is to use
magic from the spirit world(spirit magic), and finally their is magic
that taps into the ambient "magical" laws of the universe. Except I'm
not so sure that's what sorcery is. And where does lunar and dragon
magic fit into this? Anyway I'm rambling but if anyone has thoughts on
the metaphysics of magic I'd be interested to hear what you have to
say.
-- Curtis Shenton curtiss@netcom.com internet & 4@3091 WWIVnet "At the GM's option, strategic nuclear weapons may be considered 'magical'"-From the CyberCthulhu rules in Interface 0,,
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