On September 9, 2007 05:09 pm, David wrote:
> Hi!
> I don't think that there is enough published information about Teshnos
> to get a good grasp on how the religion works. I think that they must
> have some method of concentrating their magic, however, because they
> have reputations as powerful magicians.
I'm not sure concentration=power.
> One possibility is that it
> may be possible to concentrate one's magic on a particular
> transcendental entity such as Somash or Solf. Or maybe on the
> pantheon as a whole. Or maybe the ordinary rules of concentration
> apply, and you just lose access to "low" magic like talents and spells.
It does seem that as written concentration seems to be tossed aside when inconvenient. If something like Lanbril lets you concentrate on it, then surely something transcendental as Somash or Solf might.
> > 5) The entity worshipped in a common religion resides by definition in
> > the inner world, correct? If so, how do people heroquest into the
> > myths of such an entity (eg, "Berentos has quested into the myths of
> > the Seabird Army several times, clashing with both Orlanthi and Sofali
> > turtle folk," Men of the Sea, p 72)?
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> Again, there are a variety of possibilities. I think that many
> "common magic" entities (such as Imarja) live in short worlds, which
> allow them access to earlier mythic ages. See
> http://www.glorantha.com/new/short_worlds.html .
Short worlds is certainly an option that makes sense for explaining this.
> Others may dwell in
> otherwords connected to the mundane plane (for example, Vai Madar Sa
> dwells in the Sky World, and Avalania probably dwells in Luathela)
> from which there are doors to the other mythic areas. Or, these
> entities may simply have "false homes" in an appropriate otherworld
> (like Lanbril).
>
> > 6) Do other common religions involve heroquesting? Some of them, like
> > Imarja in Esrolia or the Parondpara of the East Isles, are absolutely
> > central to the identities of the people that follow them. It seems as
> > though they must have great volumes of stories about them that people
> > should be using for heroquests.
>
> I certainly hope so. I think Vai Madar Sa probably has some great
> heroquests (on the model of the Ramayana).
I'd be inclined to agree here.
LC
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