Chris :
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> Julian says:
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> > The way to look at it is, how do the magicians learn new magic ? Theists try to become more like their gods ;
> > animists go out to try and get more stuff ; sorcerors seek to learn new things.
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> Here's another way of thinking:
> Animists see the otherworld as filled with things have personality and that you control.Thiests see the otherworld as filled with things that have personality and that you emulate.
> Sorcerers see the otherworld as filled with things that do not have personality and that you control.
> Mystics see see the otherworld as filled with things that do not have personality and that you emulate.
> All generalizations are false. So is this one. But it helps me think about mystics.
Nice :)
That's a brilliant illustration of the fact that there are more than one way of understanding these things.
Bit God Learnery but hey, who cares.
Julian Lord