I think that there might be some God Learner secrets that don't work anymore, but I believe that most of their techniques do work still.
I recall that there was an actual God Learner ritual, that was the initial way that they gained knowledge. I think this still works, does anyone else? The RuneQuest Sight etc. came later IMHO.
The God Learning Ritual was a ritual whereby you could summon a god or spirit and engage them in a riddling contest. The God Learning insight was that most gods have very limited insight into areas outside their own purview, so you could ask questions that the god would not be able to answer (ie what is my cousin doing now, when your cousin is in the holy place of a hostile god), and with adequate research be able to answer the gods riddles (especially ask they often ask the same ones as on previous occasions, lacking free will). Then if you have questions left over, you can extract information about the gods secrets.
I think that figuring out why it doesn't work any more is the key
>to discovering what it was in the first place... as long as the reason that
>it doesn't work any more is as the result of a Gloranthan historical event
>and not simply due to damage wrought to the Hero Plane by the God Learners
>themselves.
I think some of the God Leaners most serious acts, such as the creation of Zistor the Machine God, required people with unusual mental abilities that required great insights into the god learner philosophy, and much exposure to God Learner heroquesting. I think all these people are dead, and I think any that reappear will be killed by the Gift Carriers as soon as they raise theiir heads.
Cheers
David
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