Peter:
>Well Malkion has gone to Solace and managed to return.
Has he? I thought he had a revelation about Solace, which doesn't necessarily mean that he saw it first hand. Also, Malkion is a god, not a mortal.
>The buddhist distinction between those
>who postpone nirvana and those who don't seems largely artificial to me.
Well it's part of the difference between Theravada and Mahayana, so I'd say it is a big deal.
Erik:
>I always thought of the Saints as people that withheld from Solace so
>they could help Man.
Yeah! Malkioni bodhisattvas, yet another move away from a straight christian analogy for the westerners. I'm with you!
>I'm dubious about the Prophets, though. Malkion and Hrestol, that is.
As said above I regard Malkion as a god, not a mortal, given his parentage. Hrestol was definitely a mortal, so he is a tricky case.
Blue Moon blues from Peter:
>This is news to me. How do they predict the cycle?
East Isles dream magic for instance.
Post-dawn myths:
Erik:
> >I think since Time began, you can only change things on the
> >Godplane by more or less active heroquesting. I.e, no new myths.
Me:
> Yes there are myths which were created after the Dawn: first Nysalor/Gbaji
> then the Red Goddess and her kin.
Erik:
>Uhm, but weren't those created exactly as I said, by more or less
>active HQ?
I thought you meant that you could change existing myths with heroquests but not create new ones. Misunderstanding cleared up.
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