Re: followers; integration

From: Jeff Kyer <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:29:15 -0000

> Jeff Kyer :
>
> > > Given that I believe that Ancestor Worship is a borderline case,
> > > this isn't an objection that worries me ...
> >
> > I fear that you may be mistaken in this. Ancestor 'worship' is
one
> > of the clearest cases of straight up Animism I can think of.
> > No gods involved and Daka Fal is a Great Spirit...
>
> Is Raus of Rone a straight up Animist IYO ?

The Ancestor veneration of his makeup, yes. Remember,IIRCC, Raus worships no god but his Ancestors, no even the various Lunar cults... He has to have an outsider priest do most of the more versatile magical work required by his holding.  

> More to the point, is Raus' worship of his ancestors
> an Animist tradition ?
>
> Julian Lord

Yes, I believe it is.

Jeff