Message no. 1

From:	David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject:	Re: Bugs and Insect Totems
Date:	Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:28:59 -0700

Fade wrote:
/
/ Buehrer wrote:
/ > I would expect there to be "real" Insect Shamans; shamans that have
/ > been chosen by an insect totem in the same manner as, say, a Wolf
/ > shaman is chosen by Wolf. However, because of the Insects' alien
/ > nature I would expect insect shamans to be very, very rare.
/
/ What's so alien about insects? They aren't humans,
/ true, but no more alien than any number of other creatures. Their
/ motives are clearly defined - feed, survive, breed - their actions
/ follow logically from how they are made.They are also dumb as a
/ brick. In SR, the insect spirits do NOT follow this logic. They are
/ alien - in a way insects naturally are not. Why, if they are totems
/ of insects?

Um...

Wow, two paradigm shifts in one week :)

I don't think that the Bugs are related to the Insect Totems. I
think it's just bad PR.

We could debate the alieness of insects and the Bugs till we're blue
in the face :) So lets try and avoid that topic. I want to talk
about possible relationships between the Bugs and Insect Totems.

How about:

There are the Bugs.

There are magicians (shamans and hermetics) that have been "turned"
by the Bug Queens to help them summon their hives into the world.

There are Insect Totems which have no relationship to the Bugs
whatsoever.

There are a few shamans for the Insect Totems. The follow their
totems and have no connection with the Bugs.

-David
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