> The question was the measurability (in mathematical
> therms) of the Otherworld.
I would say that many Malkioni would regard the otherworld as being measurable, or at least definable and susceptible to reason. After all the otherworld is part of creation, that's implicit in their materialist world view.
That doesn't mean the otherworld is neceserily measurable in terms of distance, mass, etc. it just measn that it is susceptible to reasoned, logical analysis.
> Precisely. Does it has a respondance in Gloranthan
> reality or not? A respondance which can be
> "scientifically proved and used" by a modern Avionic
> Engineer specialized in Astronomy (the Astronaut).
An engineer is used to measuring, calculating and making use of the properties of materials and physical forces. A magician might make use of moral or psychological properties such as Wisdom and Love. I suppose you might even be able to measure their effects. "1 LoveUnit equals the amount of love of the goddess required to levitate one bald chick by one meter". However to actualy manipulate these properties your engineer is going to have to learn to excercise mental faculties and emotional disciplines totaly unrelated to those he excercised as an aero engineer.
> Is that the only answer?
> When he (the astronaut) delves in Gloranthan reality
> and otherworlds so that he comprehends how to return
> to earth, he is not an astronaut anymore (maybe he is
> a zzaburite like his mentor) and he has lost any
> terrestrial memory too!
> Frightening but coherent, imo.
It's realy up to you as Narrator to decide how Gloranthan reality relates to the reality of the world the astronaut comes from. Perhaps his world is actualy a simulation encapsulated in a short world created by the Mostali. Who knows?
Simon Hibbs
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