After reading Andrew Raphaels' entry to journal 432, I had an illuminating
experience (wibble). I had known that illuminates could ignore cult
spirits of retribution, and hence cult restrictions, though I could't
resolve why. Andrew seems to say that an illuminated transgressor feels
nothing wrong with his actions then there is no reason for reprisals to
occur. I rather like this, it seems to me that cult spirits of reprisal
gain thier power, not only from a diety, but from the collective guilt
of its worshipers, ie. that when a non illuminate does something wrong he
fully belives to be persecuted, hence worshiping (perhaps subconsciously)
the spirit of reprisal. This could account for the reprisal spirit to be
aware of the nature and extant of the crime, in a sense the cultist
judges himself. An illuminate with his greater world view may view his
trangression to be for the greater good of his cause, and feel no guilt,
and hence avoid retribution.
I could of course be wrong.
Jim Chapin asks in journal 431
'But what if it really is "all" illusion?'
I am reminded of a comment in an earlier edition of RQ. As an argument
for illusion to be the firsty rune it has been put forward that.
'Without illusion there would be none of us to think we ever were'
Garry.
garry.nixon_at_sunderland.ac.uk