Re: Heortling Prayer (was atheists in Glorantha)

From: bethexton_at_...
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 20:34:10 -0000

>
> Sure, a devotee of Barntar will be Barntar as he plows. An
initiate of
> Barntar might concentrate upon Barntar as he plows according to
Barntar's
> rites, but might be unable to "be" Barntar. A non-initiate would
just plow
> as Barntar taught all men.
>

I _really_ like this concise explanation of the different levels of involvement with the gods. **** I strongly hope something this simple will appear in HW:2nd-edition.****

Of course, this makes devotees of some gods seem all the more fearsome or strange! I imagine it takes a, uh, 'special' individual to become a devotee of Valind or Maran Gor!

--Bryan

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