Message no. 1

From:	"Mongoose; bodyguard, vigilante." <EWESSEL@****.BITNET>
Subject:	Genetics and free spirits
Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 92 18:24:00 CDT

Recieved from Phoenix on Sat, 17 Oct 92 12:26:00

] >>>>>Surely magic is more than just DNA structures. Free spirits, for
example
,
] are capable of using magic. The property that Free spirits and other
] more meaty practioners of the Artes share is not, I think, genes...<<<<<
]
] -Phoenix (12:22:57/17.10.92)

Recieved from Tailhook on Sat, 17 Oct 92 13:59:56

] >>>>>[ Magic is more that genes and even a mundane like myelf knows
it. I
] was just pointing out that you need to be A REAL HOMOSAPIEN, to channel the
] astral energies through your body. I am not saying that spirits need to be
] human, either. That is a totally different topic in my book. ]<<<<
] --Tailhook (Look Ma/I can Fly!)


I'm sorry to break this to ya, folks, but in humans, Magic is _mostly_
DNA. Sure, if someone has the DNA and doesn't want to (or know how to) use
magic, then they won't. i.e. Samuel Verner in _Never Trust a Dragon_.
Somehow, in magic using animals, they have managed to pass the genetic codes
and shapes of their DNA on to all their offspring, but not humans, there's just
just too much variability. And don't talk about free spirits like they are just
paranatural animals. Free Spirits _*ARE*_ magic, use magic, and basically live
magic. Of course they can toss spells with the best mages around, (or use
powers, however you want to look at it.)

The Mongoose,
"My friend Loam here _is_ a free Earth Elemental."