Re: How rare is it to know the secret of a god?

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_hQ-kYVIrxcA1yS6zbbp4jIYpYRZFqTbf6VHYgZY9BbdiCsG2x0DyDRm7L26AF_8HxvKc9mg>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:49:13 -0700


YGWV
> ttrotsky2 wrote:

Olli Kantola:
> >
> > The wizardly folk seem to have no secrets to speak of.
>
> This always struck me as rather odd.

There is a simple reason why: there is only one God, and only one Secret.

> But that answer doesn't really satisfy me. It just pushes things back
> to 'why aren't there devotee-equivalents in the wizardly cults?'

Because there isn’t.

People want this thing for game balance, or system balance, or for whatever reason. But Glorantha isn’t that way.

Just like the common Theist magic is generally augmenting magic, the Sorcerous system works, or perhaps simply has developed, differently.

> I
> don't have any difficulty seeing how a follower of Gerlant, say, could
> lead a Templar-like lifestyle that adds up to a 50% time commitment.
> Even less so for Xemelan nuns or the like.

Again it’s not about the saints. They are not the end, just the path.

> OTOH, given the nature of Western society, it *is* hard to see how
> this might be the case for, say, the patron saint of coopers. Wizardry
> isn't about emulation in the same way that theism is. A hypothetical
> 50% orderly would have to live at least a quasi-monastic lifestyle -
> fine for holy knights, healers, and scholars, perhaps, but its not
> going to work for merchants, entertainers, etc.

Agreed.

> At any rate, they don't seem to exist for the holy knights, either.
> Which is kind of a pity, IMO. But there you are.

Yes, there we are.

YGWV.            

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