There probably is "one true mythic reality" and I have no neat theory to
explain it: don't ask *me* what it is! No Gloranthan individual or cultur=
e
has ever come up with a proof of what it might be, although many of them
can operate perfectly well within their own "unproven" mythic realities
(cultural constructs), which are *usually* internally consistent (at leas=
t
to a wave/particle level) and can afford to ignore external unknowns or
contradictions. The God Learners perhaps came closest to "proving" a myth=
ic
reality, but were obviously wrong (this may be a Sandyism manifesting in =
my
susceptible brain). But for all Gloranthans, reality (and myth) are what
they experience them to be, and we *know* that different Gloranthan
mythical accounts of the same event can be inconsistent and correct at th=
e
same time (cf. the Four Perspectives and the Multiplicity of Truth).
I think the two extreme positions (1 and 5) have nothing to commend them,=
though a powerful enough heroquester* probably tends towards both,
simultaneously (e.g. he is experiencing a consistent and all- encompassin=
g
otherworld, and is unaware that it's his presence as
observer/definer/solipsist that makes it appear that way).
As usual, I use Objective to mean "external to Glorantha, and never prove=
n
or provable within Glorantha", and Subjective to mean "as experienced
within Glorantha, and therefore useful in fiction and gaming".
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Nick
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