>Here's a good question. How the heck do the Heortlings manage to avoid
>extinction if all (85%) of their men go flying off to mountain tops each and
>every holy day that is important to Orlanth?
They don't.
For example, when outsiders watch an Orlanth ceremony they
may see the men dancing through the entire rite. They may
even see the men rise into the air at the climax and fly
in a spiral above the temple. They cannot see that the
worshippers have actually left their bodies and flown into
the God World.
TR p120.
An outsider will still see the physical building of the
temple filled with the bodies of the congregation, who stand,
kneel, sit, dance, sing, and respond to unseen events, but
it will prove difficult if not impossible to attack or
interact with the congregation. Even if the temple structure
is set on fire, the congregation members will be unharmed
until they return from the God Plane. This is due to the
barrier which they have passed through to reach the other
side.
HW:NB p21
One can still perform some chicanery.
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