Re: The Return of Arkat

From: Kevin McDonald <kpmcdona_at_U8CqatLzbPGm9CnHV5vfP_OmTp6igG_5MpBbVsFRnGgRgZTShYUaT334U1Ou6kMBsMs>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:27:18 -0400

I think the idea, which gives me much amusement, was that one was mistaken for the other.

-Kevin McD

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Santo Sengupta <aumshantih_at_l018bXfI4rr9Ve623sCJYexAhSre9Wm7OUTbzaUbAxq87g4CEgk6eGb_dr3GPu5M0APtPCTFJA3ZzIO8jA.yahoo.invalid>wrote:

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> Namaste:
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> There is also a famous station in the GodQuest of Teelo Estara were the Red
> Goddess discovers Nysalor and frees him from Gbaji and binds the deceiver.
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> http://www.glorantha.com/library/history/plate4.html
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>
> -Santo
> aum shanti shanti shantih.
> "The world is like the impression left by the telling of a story." - from
> the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
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> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Santo Sengupta <aumshantih_at_l018bXfI4rr9Ve623sCJYexAhSre9Wm7OUTbzaUbAxq87g4CEgk6eGb_dr3GPu5M0APtPCTFJA3ZzIO8jA.yahoo.invalid<aumshantih%40gmail.com>
> >wrote:
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> > Namaste:
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> > YGWV, but I would think most Lunar HeroQuesters and Illuminants would
> > consider Arkat to be terribly occluded to the Lunar Way. Of course, Arkat
> > and Nysalor would be studied by those seeking to understand Illumination
> and
> > Occlusion, and as well as exemplifying the principle of "The Other". But
> > as cultural descendants of the Bright Empire, the most Lunars would
> consider
> > Arkat to be a terribly destructive force who hid the secrets of Nysalor
> from
> > the world.
> >
> > -Santo
> > aum shanti shanti shantih.
> > "The world is like the impression left by the telling of a story." - from
> > the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Peter Metcalfe <
> > metcalph_at_a3MIUKQ-K1m1-YUY2QX27Bal83X6afR7pJgmgJJ7HunqwC4YTALn6c7Q6Ofauw5z1lx0wMuiSSrgghHH5_FZztTb.yahoo.invalid <metcalph%40quicksilver.net.nz>> wrote:
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> >> On 6/11/2010 8:25 AM, simon_hibbs2 wrote:
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> >> > I thought she met Rashoran but again these are just labels, and yes I
> >> > think it's quite right to bring Arkat's experiences and quests into
> >> > the same context as the Lunar myths. Links can clearly be made, and
> >> > I'm sure many heroquesters will do so.
> >>
> >> While I have no doubt that the Red Goddess and Arkat (and Nysalor) went
> >> to the same place, I think they received radically different answers
> >> from it.
> >>
> >> --Peter Metcalfe
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> >>
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