Re: Monasticism and Mysticism.

From: Todd Gardiner <todd.gardiner_at_Q1oIlVvgmFav34MtpAlYosW4ndmZHIpz4QsDBQWbGU89ajIc0Ez7g9hLHW2g7y>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:51:47 -0800


So you are proposing that Dragonism is a fifth way to magical power that is not the same as the Three Worlds or Mysticism?

You are also using a cultural point of view (Vithelan) to demonstrate that objectively, EWF and Kralori traditions are not Mysticism. To me, that is analogous to an Orlanthi saying that Lunar priests can't be Theist because they don't follow the Good Gods.

Just as devoting to different pantheons and gods grants a unique but predictable suite of powers and traits, I think that these different traditions of Mysticism have unique paths, associations and cultural attachments that make it easy for one school of achieving transcendence to say, "That's not Mysticism" when referring to other schools.

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