>>Er, same thing surely?
>
>No. Because the 'higher levels of existance' referred to in >the
sentence following are part of the world in the >materialist PoV.
Fair enough.
Me:
>>The Universal Laws are not purely physical in the modern >>sense. They
are also moral in nature. By willingly >>choosing to live by ever
stricter moral religious laws, their >>authority to invoke the Universal
Laws is enhanced.
>Which would imply that it was immoral to cast elemental >spells for
instance.
The elements are subject to divine will as laid down in 'God's Law', so if the sorcerer can assume the (moral) right to command the elements, they must obey.
The casting of an elemental spell is merely the assertion of moral authority over matter.
Simon Hibbs
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