Re: Grimoires and sorcery

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_U3F-q5CFfjB-XIpWX4W4ATp6gkS4XCtJqoO6Pjpj2VivN5D0CNsvX0NzojtyO4rRipy>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:01:57 +1200

At 07:22 a.m. 24/06/2009, you wrote:

>The depiction of the Carmanian faith is strongly informed by
>Zoroastrianism, but the Carmanians didn't spring out of nothing. Much
>of their underlying philosophy came from the west in the form of
>Irensavalism in the Second Age. It was applied to the local Pelandan
>faith when Carmanos proved that the Idovanus disk and the Irensaval
>disk were the same.

IMO the development of Carmanian theology into a dualist faith was a development over time and went something like:

1. Syranthir's army settles in Pelanda.
2. Carmanos proves Irensavel is Idovanus.
3. Using similar reasoning, Spolite philosophers prove that Irensavel is also GanEstoro.
4. After decades of strife, Alijiyah proves that Idovanus and GanEstoro are equal but separate.

--Peter Metcalfe