RE: Heortling Prayer (was atheists in Glorantha)

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:30:16 -0700

At 10:35 AM 4/12/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>For what it is worth, I think that these daily activities are wrought with
>ritual significance and certainly can be acts of worship. Fer instance,
>Barntar and/or Durev showed men the rites of plowing - when men plow in
>accordance to the Barntar Rites, they are performing an act of devotion to
>Barntar or Durev. Weaving as well - for what it is worth, in much of small
>town America, church weaving groups are commonplace.

I would only correct this to say
>these daily activities CAN BE wrought with ritual significance and
certainly can be acts of worship.

I have said previously that performing an act that was first done by a god means that that god IS present. I used the example of someone making love is experiencing (and in a metaphroical sense IS) Uleria. The same can be said for Barnatar or Durev's plowing or or Orane's weaving. BUT there is another difference which I will call Awareness or Consciousness. This is required by devotion and is perhaps an earmark of it. In this a person knows Barntar did the plowring, and then learns to do the physical part while concentrating upont he divine part. If fortunate, he will learn to be Barntar while plowing. Not everyone does this, nor wants to, nor perhaps is capable of it. What percentages are which is up to your campaign.

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