[Glorantha] Brain, Mind, Soul

[Simon Hibbs]

I'd like to go back to the orriginal subject of the discussion on this
(despite the change of subject) because I think it's an excellent case
for discussing the relationships between mind, body and soul in
Gloranthan metaphysics.

First of all Greg's discussion of the states of conciousness of the
survivors of the Great Darkness reminds me of similar discussions
regarding the changing states of conciousness of the inhabitants of
the Green Age. If in the Great Darkness it was impossible for the
survivors to Trust strangers, their state of conciousness rendered
trust impossible for them. Similarly in the Green Age untill gender
was realised, it was impossible for anyone to recognise he concepts of
male and female. I don't think this was a case of repairing damage,
but more of evolution. In the Great darkness we might talk about
damage because there was an actual loss of faculty.

When Greg says that X was impossible for Great Darkness inhabitants, I
assume he means X was impossible for them 'in their current state of
conciousness'. Once their state of conciousness was changed, then many
things previously impossible for them became natural and easy.
Therefore what we're realy talking about is the difference between
teaching someone a fact or skill, and altering their state of
conciousness. Might we say that the first is a change in the mind and
the latter is a change in the soul?

If this model is acceptable, might we characterise this imparement as
soul damage?


Simon Hibbs