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Message no. 1
From: Robert Watkins <bob@********.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Alternative Totems
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 14:18:31 +0930
Robert Hayden writes:
>
>This is NOT something deserving of a thwap, and I'm asking this very seriouly.
>
>-----
>
>Could non-animals be deserving of 'totem' status? Ie, specifically, could
>the ancient gods and legends serve as a focus for ones's spell casting?
>Could I be a shaman of Thor or Zeus?
>
>If not, why. If so, why.
>
>_I_ would tend to say yes, but then most of you figure I'm a munchkin
>bastard anyways :).
>

Hey, if Pommie Druids can worship the sun and the wind, my Viking Shaman should
be able to worship Thor, the God of Thunder.


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Robert Watkins
bob@******.cs.ntu.edu.au
************ It wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive. ***********

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