Jedi Mystics, Magic of Recluse
Sorry, but I forgot my best quote for "extinguishing" personality: "LET GO,
Use the Force, Luke" (Ben Kenobi in Star Wars).
And someone (I can't remember and already deleted the digest file) asked how
to play a mystic. Nils' (I think) response had to do with Nature. Another
option is to play your character as archetypically as possible depending on
the character's philosophical leanings. All mystics are not "good guys." In
fact, one of the "dangers" of mysticism as seen by orthodox RW Christianity
is that they are moral relativists (something even worse than secular
humanists). And there is definitiely a point in one's mystical development
at which one is tempted by "the Dark Side of the Force."
Another good example is the classical distinction between white magic, black
magic, and village wise women who use some of each. The best literary
example I've seen is LE Modesitt's The Magic of Recluse--Grey Magic
straddling the fence to keep Order and Chaos from feeding on each other and
making each other grow. (Sounds a little like Druids from The Other Game,
but it's not).
. . . Tim
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