Re: Animists and ancestors

From: philip.hibbs_at_...
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:01:12 +0100

>However, isn't the same true for fetishes: if old
>grandpa is caught in a fetish, another descendant
>who tries to contact him should fail.

If you want to speak to grandpa, then go to the shaman that has the fetish, and ask him to let the old duffer out for a bit.

>Should there be another mechanic for ancestor worship?
>Like go to the spirit plane, talk to the ancestors and
>ask them to do delayed magic which the descendants then
>can trigger.

You are proposing changing the world to fit in with the desires of some of it's inhabitants.

Philip Hibbs http://www.snark.freeserve.co.uk/ Opinions expressed may not even be my own, let alone those of any organisations, nations, species, or schools of thought to which I may be affiliated.

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