Re: When do you become chaotic?

From: Charles Stewart <charles_alexander_stewart_at_rwvuWatQHddcMWAvF_1v52u8ZYbFTLeciUHmA8kgZJHKUus0zy>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:19:59 -0000

> To me the "taint of chaos" is immaterial. It does not depend on anything
> in the material world.
>
> "Taint of chaos" change to/feature of immaterial part of entity
> (soul/spirit/essence)
> "Chaos feature" physical manifestation of immaterial taint.
>
> You can have taint without a chaos feature, but no chaos feature without
> the taint.

<snip>
> Can you stop being chaotic once you are? I would like to think so. It
> would involve heroquesting, as the essence of chaos is immaterial. It
> would be harder for those born chaotic. It would be harder the more your
> are tainted. I don't know if this matches Greg's view, but in my Glorantha
> it is reversible. But it is not as simple as saying "I'm not chaotic
> anymore and I don't worship chaotic entities". But if you were a
> worshipper and your didn't have the chaos taint, then yes you can just cut
> and run.

How does illumination fit into this scheme? Does it heal, conceal or do somthing else to the immaterial chaos taint?

Charles