> There is a RW story of a Buddhist teacher who had a student come
> to him and say "Master, Master, come see the fruits of your teaching." The
> master followed his student down to the river, where the student said "I
> have trained for 20 years, and I have learned to do this." And he walked
> out on the river which was as solid as the ground to him. The master burst
> into tears; when the student asked him why, he said "20 years to learn
> that? Wu's ferry is only a half mile away, and the fare is just a penny!"
> "Powers" gained from mystic study are pretty much like that, in my
> opinion. (which, if true, makes mystics more or less unplayable in ordinary
> games.)
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Excellent summary Peter. Mysticism remains one of the big questions and
problem for me in Glorantha. It's almost impossible to define the
meaning of mysticism in the real world, let alone try to divine
the secrets of Greg's vision of it.
Let's keep trying though,
-Adept