[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 286

[Brian Curley]

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 19:00 +0000, Simon Hibbs wrote:
> It's been a few weeks since tentacles, and I've had a chance to read
> through the Tentacles preview edition of ILH2.

I'd be cautious about assuming objectivity in what you read in ILH2. I
think the Lunars no more have a lock on mysticism than any other mystic
organization, of which there have been many in Glorantha. I think what's
in ILH2 is merely the Lunar version.

> In ILH2 the writeup of Agataraltara says that she offers enormous
> power, yet those who make use of them inevitably find that their
> powers betray them and cause enormous harm.

Yes... the deeper one's understanding of mysticism is, the more powerful
one becomes. Yet to exercise that power is to deny the ultimate truth
and thus fail in your pursuit of it. Thus the fate of Sheng Seleris (and
Arkat, IMO).

It's all very "forest for the trees." No one can tell you what it is
because if you were capable of understanding the answer, you'd never ask
the question. 

MU!

Brian Curley