Re: [WorldofGlorantha] Re: Opposing runes and the circle of elements - Lodril

From: John Machin <orichalka_at_Df20y2oZl96ty8lwKQueLshFxjoBE7A2ctJM6iiknHk03dHsw_RZlqRaG4KR4Gb8-N>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:24:51 +1000


2009/7/29 John Machin <trithemius_at_WiizSjrm0oEeZ7DfWkeKZa93bXkgMff7J1dXjud3oFv-eAofT8Oq0Xcx7V_KwisfbTSL-ADfEFQmiLm8DMk4Wr9Lhm8.yahoo.invalid>

> It seems to me that to some people Lodril is Earth and Fire and Wangs.
> Er.. Man.
> Others might see him as Earth and Disorder and Wangs. Dammit, I mean Man.
>
> Are the runes associated with an otherworldy entity Gloranthan Knowledge or
> Objective Knowledge?
> That is to say: if I am a Dara Happan can I link "Orlanth" with Storm,
> Death, and Disorder instead of Storm, Movement, and Mastery? [Gloranthan
> Knowledge] Or in doing so am I willfully ignoring cosmic realities?
> [Objective Knowledge]
>
> If the runes associated with an otherworldly entity are Objective, rather
> than Gloranthan, Knowledge then I would like to professionally (go
> archives!) endorse this decision to adopt sensible Godlearner taxonomy for
> things... and personally recoil in horror from this stepping away from
> YGWV-as-Principle.
>
> --
> John Machin
> "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
> - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.
>

P.S. Wangs.

-- 
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.


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