Re: Resistance of Time

From: Benedict Adamson <yahoo_at_lAp9isC2x4BFSQfGVOGtNQwL29WVhoWq99Q61kTY67G-UjGdE0jAtDI-lHx8r8LpNj9g9->
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:38:44 +0000


Stephen Tempest wrote:
...
> Are you familiar with the description of the Sunstop from 'Cults of
> Terror'? The sun stopped in the sky and, if I understand correctly,
> Time effectively ceased for an indeterminate period. (Which, to the
> participants, felt like about a day. *g* ).
...

That event has different descriptions in different cultures.

I believe that the the Orlanthi barbarians are so scientifically primitive, they have no conception of time other than as the movement of the sun across the sky. Consequently, the start of regular movement of the sun across the heavens is to them the start of time. More sophisticated peoples, such as the Dara Happans and (especially) the Brithini, know this for the nonsense it is, and can give precise dates for events before 0 ST. Faced with the sun stopping in the sky, the Orlanthi would consider that as "time stopping".            

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