plarsen_at_... wrote:
>
> Peter Metcalfe says:
>
> > And how does one withdraw from the world? Through austerities and
> > other
> > tactics of self-denial.
>
> Most often, yes, but also (I think) by dissolving the world into
> a primal
> power. By focussing on one thing to the exclusion of all others,
> everything
> becomes that one thing (in the case of Uleria, Love, or something like
> it). More
> and more, the world is made up of Powers not people, countries,
> events, etc. This
> returns the Mystic to the undifferentiated peace of the Green Age. I
> suspect this
> is philosophically different from the Mysticism of Kralorela (which
> seeks
> Draconic Wisdom?) and the East Isles (which seeks the bliss of
> non-being?) and
> similar to the goals of Lunar Mysticism, but this is rank speculation
> on my part.
> At any rate, the game mechanics would be exactly the same.
> So, I think Ulerian Mystics could be both Orthodox and Manifest,
> depending
> on whether the Mystic was "travelling inward" or "travelling outward."
> In either
> case, the destination is the same. If you want to keep discussing
> this, let's
> take it to the Digest.
>
> Peter Larsen
Perhaps we can have this topic, through self-denial, remerge on the Gloranthan Digest?
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