Re: Sorcerers in Malkionism

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:31:14 GMT


Peter Metcalfe:
> I was thinking of the fact that a wizard believes in Malkion
> while a sorcerer subscribes to Zzabur's view of the Cosmos:
> Eternal Laws etc. I can't see any church actually dictating
> to its members that "Thou Shalt Not Believe In God".

Ah; I was thinking of socerors in a somewhat weaker sense, I confess, then. Perhaps the sort of individuals I was touting are better regarded as 'wizards of a certain philosophical attitude', if you want to put in in such terms.

> >That would have a certain logic too, especially for the 'more
> >way-back-when-than-thou' Rokari.

> FWIW The Idealists also claim to embody the 'more-way-back-when-
> than-thou'.

Aren't they somewhat contractually obliged to pretty much only ante-date back to Hrestol? Whereas the Rokari seem to have yet more antique ambitions in that regard... In particular regards to caste tradition, that is: all but the most barking of Rokari must accept Hrestol as a prophet, but that doesn't stop them rejecting post-Hrestol interpretations that others accept.

Cheers,
Alex.


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