> Peter
> > I doubt it is a case of "Our integration is the
> > same as the HW-rules save that the individuality of the spirit
> > is not extinguished".
>
> I'm not seeing anything in the rules that say the individuality of
> the spirit is extinguished. In fact, nothing on p.211 says that a
> given spirit can't give its talent to more than one person.
> (Admittedly, the choice of the term "integrate" doesn't suggest
> this.)
>
> But the integrated spirit may very well be in a symbiotic
> relationship with its host, which ends upon the death of the latter.
>
> I think the rules are silent on this subject and we'll simply have
> to be content with our separate interpretations.
I had simply assumed that 'integrating a spirit' meant incorporating
the knowledge/ability you sought. That way a spirit could give this
ability to a number of different people. You are absorbing that
knowledge, integrating it into your own being. I never assumed that
the spirit lost anything by this.
Tom B.