[Glorantha] Theyalan Missionaries

[Greg Stafford]

> From: "Jane Williams" <janewilliams20 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: RE: [Glorantha] Re: [HeroQuest-RPG] Theyalan Missionaries

> Not the same - one is part of the other, and now we know it's "soul", we can
> use the more specific term. Simple analogy: "brain" = whole PC. "Soul" =
> important bit of software running on that PC. "Brain damage" = "my PC
> doesn't work". "Soul damage"  = "Microsoft Word has been corrupted". And the
> nice missionaries supply a patch to install to fix it. That analogy won't
> stretch any further without breaking, I don't think, but it covers that far.

The analogy doesn’t work at all. It is absolutely incorrect. This is exactly
what I meant by saying that a materialistic interpretation is inadequate to
understand it.

I am glad to see others have undertaken the task of trying to explain it.

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Sincerely,
Greg Stafford

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