Re: Mysticism and Ceremony

From: Sandy Petersen <sandyp_at_idgecko.idsoftware.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 95 14:42:50 -0600

Andrew Behan
>Mysticism, both Christian and Eastern, is incompatible with
>ritual and received knowledge

        I deny this. Mystical ceremony is just different in appearance from formal ceremonies. It does not mean that there is no equivalent. The Christian mystic's fasting and prayer and flagellation, the East mystic's weeks of meditation, can both be seen as ceremony.

        The Kralori Ceremonies may not look the same as the Malkioni ceremonies, which in turn are little like a shamanistic ceremony, but it doesn't mean they don't all have the same effect in game terms.

Sandy P.

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