[Glorantha] Re: Otherworld non-specific terminology

[Jane Williams]

> > 3,4,5) What is the Polynesian, Finnish, or Gaelic
> term for this?
> 
> Well the Irish Gaelic for "soul" is "anam" (not a
> million miles away from
> "anima"), I don't know about Finnish, and where did
> Polynesian come from?

Possibly an assumption that these are languages that
no-one on the list is familiar with - a false
assumption, of course.


> > 7) Psychon - a particle of n dimensions (where n
> >= 3, and may be much
> > higher) whose total spin is 1, but can be
> polarized along any axis
> 
> Oh please, no!  The horror!  The horror!

I liked that one. Except that I don't see the object
in question as being a single indivisible particle
(even when it is a particle, not a wave).



		
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