>>> How does illumination fit into this scheme? Does it heal, conceal or do
>>> somthing else to
>>> the immaterial chaos taint?
>>
>> To be honest I'm not sure. I'm still struggling to understand the
>> material on illumination in ILH2 and how it fits with the previous
>> material.
>
> The Lunar version of Illumination in ILH2 is *not* meant to represent the
> Nysalorean version as presented in RQ. It does some of the same things, but
> it also has its differences.
Ah - thanks for that. I wasn't sure if it was a replacement, a development of it (I mean in terms of the writing, in Glorantha it probably would have come about that way) or some separate approach. I take it it is the last then?
>> I *suspect* (but as I intimidated above I am not confident in my
>> understanding) that illumination does conceal the taint. In an analagous
>> way to protecting the illuminated from cult reprisal spirits. Whether it
>> "heals" it or not I'm not sure.
>
> Lunar illumination shows how "We really *are* all Us". Chaos is just another
> face of Us and should be embraced (though not necessarily *too* closely,
> somewhat like that one aunty you have...). Just as Seventh Soul is useful
> against "magics based on magical systems", it can be used to resist
> anti-chaos magics (including detection). (ILH2 35)
>
> It does not "heal" Chaos in any way, shape or form. An Ogre or Broo with a
> Seventh Soul would still be chaotic and detect as chaos (but would be able
> to resist with its Seventh Soul). They might (or might not) be more
> accepting of their lot in life. I'd also probably let a chaotic use Seventh
> Soul to resist their "Chaotic Nature" (such as the ogre's Hunger, or broo's
> need to stick into everything)
So it is, in part, a way to resist the psychic imperative to violate the moral laws of the cosmos (trying to remember the owrds in CoT)?
Michael
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