| From: | Shergold <shergold@***********.NET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Blood Magic ( Re: Mysticism [New Spells for Old,) |
| Date: | Sun, 13 Jul 1997 22:21:33 -0400 |
> |In a message dated 97-07-13 07:20:20 EDT, u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK
(Spike)
> |writes:
> |
> |>
> |> The point is, it's a voluntary sacrifice on the part of the
character.
> |
> |So if a player character were to get into the "Voluntary Blood Magic"
stuff,
> |it wouldn't be evil? That is kind of the "thread" I was looking for.
>
> It's not concidered evil for characters to voluntarily sacrifice large
bits
> of themselves to technology, is it? (Essence vs Cyber)
>
The way I see Blood Magic is that it's power like any other, it's in the
use that makes it evil. I could see it being somewhat evil if you use
someone else's blood and that person was TOTALLY comitted (as in mind,
body, heart, and soul comitment).
> It's not evil for characters to voluntarily sacrifice Karma to free
spirits,
> is it?
>
> Why should GOOD blood magic be different?
>
> |>
> |> Evil blood magic is the involuntary sacrifice type of magic....
> |> (And the type that draws the Horrors)
> |
> |WRONG!!! the Great Ghost Dance wasn't truly evil (end justifying the
means
> |and all) and was completely voluntary on the part of the dancers. It
got
> |their attention. Of course, so did the Sears Tower Incident...
>
> Will you stop saying "WRONG!!!" as if you're jumping up and down with
glee!
> And again, no, I'm not wrong.
> The Ghost dance drew the horrors because of the sheer magnitude of it
all.
> EVIL BLOOD magic can draw horrors in much smaller doses.....
I could see how the Great Ghost Dance would contain some evil. What if
those who were involved didn't realize that what made it so powerful would
be their lives? I know that if I wasn't told that the Great Work I would be
involved in would cost me my life, I might have reservations on the subject
as I was dying and that might put a taint on would otherwise be honerable
intentions.
SilverFire
"I merely chewed in self-defense."
-Draco the Dragon
"Dragonheart"
