Re: Why is there a holy country anyway ?

From: hcarteau_at_kebX4QMbpZMM6BO4ARglXTD2ChDesPU72ndjDm8_E6gsRPkAIm9zrUSGn7T_7Xa_Igj
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:19:43 +0200

Selon Peter Larsen <p3larsen_at_gxwV0R1f7WzpOQufo1RV89LF6l_A6Rpyzr3aAQ3Wc77UjJ7duHCkn-IxnxOq4cgRCjR4Lv_mbQW9xw.yahoo.invalid>:

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 An "outer" practitioner of Belintar's Magics would create external effects by evoking the Holy Realm to manifest in Gloranthan Reality. The City of Wonders might be the most obvious example of this -- a near-permanent merging of the Holy Realm and Glorantha (since Belintar isn't around, the City is ceasing to function as "Gloranthan reality" asserts itself). /// That sounds great ! I always wondered where did this fantastic city come from. Merging the two worlds is a great idea. Now I wonder what is the nature of this "Holy Realm".Could it be :

• a shadow of the Green / Golden Age (like Pavis in a way)
• a "place" on the Heroplane (but there's no mythology I can think of to validate that)
• a side effect of IFWW ? I'll think about it and try to describe the concept in gloranthan, insider termes. Through the mouth of a Belintar priest ("Inner" approach) and a malkioni landholder ("outer" approach) Also, why is there a "Holy Realm" which, magical twin of the land, only for the Holy Country ? Or are there "Holy Realms" for other lands (Happy Hunting Grounds for praxians, etc.)

perhaps winning the Tournament allows Belintar to incorporate some portion of the winner and his/her/its understanding of Glorantha into the Holy Real permanently. Eventually, the Holy Realm and Glorantha will be coterminous and Everything Will Be Great! Or something.
//// Hmm. Food for thought.

The downside of this is it might be a little too much like Lunarism -- a kind of Mystic understanding layered on Sorcery, Theism, Animism, etc. /// Nah, it doesn't. Especially if we can define what the Holy Realm is about / like a little more. No Moon there. Or perhaps a little ?