Thanks for all the input. I read CoT last night regarding
Illumination and the side panels with Oddi. I don't now think that
illumination is something that fits my concept of the Uroxi I was
thinking of. I think most Gods of Glorantha are illuminated aren't
they? I think I read that somewhere. Part of being a 'Cosmic
Entity' is having that level of conciousness. Not to say its a prerequisite
but Orlanth, for example, as a great god would be
illuminated, wouldn't he? And the Uroxi could approach Chaos and the
Lunar Empire from the Arkati persepective - ie the light side of the
force! Even after 'enlightenment' the person would still know that
Chaos is destructive as opposed to constructive force so choose to
view it as a negative.
Esotera!! Bring it on!!!!
- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ian Cooper"
<ian_hammond_cooper_at_y...> wrote:
> Personal opinion.
>
> Illumination is like the Buddhist goal of achieving enlightenment.
> It is a liberation from entrenched predjudices and attitudes (good
> vs. evil, woman vs. man, black vs. white). IMO Illumination is
> Nysalor's secret. In this it is much more like a Great Secret like
> Become Air. Achieving it requires time and effort (those 1W2
> masteries in his other affinities). I suspect much of what we term
> illlumination abilities from RQ are more properly feats of seekers
> on the path. The real achievement of the secret would create a
> decision: to retire from the world, or to remain. Or perhaps like
> the buddhist difference between achieving Nirvana and bodhvista
> (sp?) to retire from the suffering of life or to remain to aid
> others through compasssion. For illuminates the choice is probably
> complicated by the light side - to remain to help others along the
> path or the dark side to remain and seek temporal power. Perhaps
the
> ability with the secret represents your ability to remain and not
> fall prey to the temptations of the dark side (though even this
> light/dark attitude is probably meaningless from the perspsecitve
of
> the illuminate who has resloved bipolar perceptions).
>
> Whatever illumination is far more than just a source of cool powers
> it is a fundamentally shifted perspective of life.