2009/1/26 Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_D1OWxne8vf3Qhqq5SrQ4rjfh3SXCv-CGhoL631KeClojk4LbUaeHtcOzghFxLl1Faf5_BNFwTogWCsR3A277VFUNCXkFeg.yahoo.invalid>:
> On stylistic grounds, I really don't see Uz using grimoires. Speaking to the
> Darkness, immersion within it, building cursed artefacts and black temples,
> these are modes of magic better suited to the transmission of sorcerous
> knowledge among the Uz. Grimoires are silly little scraps of leather
> marked with stick figures that can only been seen with the aid of light. No
> true dark sorcerer would seriously consider their use in understanding the
> mysteries of the darkness.
Terrible dark caves covered in spiralling text? Awful monoliths graven
with blasphemous (to Malkioni POV) writings? This is what resonates
for me!
--
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.