It sounds a reasonable guess to me, too, but at risk of sounding like a broken record, I don't known, and if I did, likely couldn't tell you, so instead I wax Iain-Richardson-like. (I don't mean as Earl of Groan, either...)
> > > Interstingly enough, Shinto fits in nicely with Glorantha.
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by this. If there's a RW religious system
> > that hasn't been looted for Gloranthan inspiration already, then
> > I'm certain Greg wants it scrubbed and brought to his tent at once.
>
> Shinto is pretty hard to describe (at least by me) but a really, really
> thumbnail sketch would be to describe it as "an orgainzed, animist
> tradition that reveres the kami (spirits) of the land, ancestors, places
> and things which has managed to survive and evolve into an organized
> religion."
This is a decent description, and indeed the most striking thing about it is 'organised animism', which according to certain theories out to have been 'evolved past' in the religion of a civilised culture.
Why I wasn't quite sure if I'd apprehended your point was, I didn't immediately (OK, still don't) see why it 'fits' Greg's four-fold magic classification, and/or Glorantha in general, any more (or less) than other RW parallels/sources of inspiration.
> I'll see about trying to get something correlated if folks think its
> a good idea.
Not sure what you have in mind, but it sounds like an interesting exercise, so by all means, go for it...
Talking of the GL four-worlds analysis, it's I think only belabouring the obvious that according to that, you'd _imagine_ Vormain to be in the 'mysticism-dominant-sphere'. (Which isn't to say that mystics dominate in the east numerically, just in terms of the prevailing world-view.) But you might also expect large elements of non-mystic practice, and/or the mysticism to be heavily 'mixed' in with other methodologies, if this is so.
Cheers,
Alex.
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