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Message no. 1
From: GKoth2258@***.com
Subject: Young Elven Technologists
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 13:22:37 -0500
I've heard a lot about Ehran's speach to the Y.E.T., but I've never actually
seen it. I've read all the other "short stories" FASA packs with catalogues
and such, but not this one.

Would it be too much trouble for someone to cut&paste a copy or something for
me? I would ask for an Web site, but my Web Browser is down, and I won't be
able to replace it for a few weeks.

Thanks,
Erik
Message no. 2
From: James Meiers <polbdm@***.unm.edu>
Subject: Re: Young Elven Technologists
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 17:58:24 -0700 (MST)
On Mon, 22 Jan 1996 GKoth2258@***.com wrote:

> I've heard a lot about Ehran's speach to the Y.E.T., but I've never actually
> seen it. I've read all the other "short stories" FASA packs with
catalogues
> and such, but not this one.
It's not important and it just gives an even bigger impression of how
much greater the elves consider themselves. It does tell the forecasted
end of the Sixth World, but someone(sorry, I forgot your name) posted it
when he made an excellent piece about the Mayan Long Count Calender.>
> Would it be too much trouble for someone to cut&paste a copy or something for
> me? I would ask for an Web site, but my Web Browser is down, and I won't be
> able to replace it for a few weeks.
I had it, but I got rid of it. Sorry.
>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
Message no. 3
From: The Kumquat <LAYBROWNJT@***.CUIS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Young Elven Technologists
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 23:20:08 -0600 (CST)
Here's a gift to all of you from an old timer who frequently has lots to say
about nothing important... (Maybe after this everyone wont immediately delete
messages bearing my .sig) <smirk>
Credit for this goes to Ken Webb, who posted it to the list over a year ago.


>From the free UPDATE from FASA put out in 1989.
I assume all rights are reserved by FASA.
No author was ever credited for this in the UPDATE.
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Humans & the Cycle of Magic

The Humans are confused.
This is their normal state of being. Their lives are so
short, they never have time to think things through. I know this
is a gross over-simplification, that there have been many
brilliant Human scholars throughout the ages. Even the Da Vincis
and the Einsteins, while brilliant enough to see a glimpse of the
larger pattern, and imaginative enough to visualize a complex and
interconnected world, still did not have the time to analyze
their own thoughts. It takes years, sometimes hundreds of years,
to get the correct perspective on ideas, even your own ideas.
Humans just do not have the luxury of that time. They are also
limited by their devout belief in not believing. Since the
earliest recorded Human history they have had stories of magic,
great unexplained ancient civilizations, and other mysteries.
The Humans chose not to believe these and thus, when the mother
returned the magic to us, they became disoriented and confused,
their normal state of being.
In all fairness, I must admit that most of humanity was not
very advanced when the great mother took the magic away the last
time, so it must be hard for them to deal with its return. What
I am about to tell you must remain an elven secret. I know that
the Humans will eventually discover it, but it should be delayed
as long as possible.
All things that the great mother gives us, she also takes
away. Nature, as the Humans call it, moves in cycles: the rising
and setting of the sun, the seasons of the year, the flowing of
the tide, it is always a cycle. Magic also runs in a cycle, it
comes and goes from the earth, as does the warmth of the summer
sun. Its cycle is measured not in hours, as the sun's is, but in
thousands of years.
From a scientific viewpoint, magic, when charted, is a semi-
regular wave form moving through the history of the earth. There
are slight fluctuations throughout the wave, and the wave itself
is not completely uniform.
The point in the cycle at which the world becomes magically
alive or magic falls dormant is called the Threshold Level.
Every magical race and, in some cases, each individual within a
race, has its own specific magical trigger point for
metamorphosis to occur, thus the transformation of the world
takes place over a period of time. Traditionally, the Threshold
Level has been set as the date of the awakening of the first
Great Dragon on the upswing and the hibernation of the last Great
Dragon on the down swing. The average time between Threshold
Levels is approximately 5,200 years.
As the last age of magic came to a close, Atlantis was
readying itself for disaster. The isle of Atlantis was protected
from the forces of nature by the magic of its inhabitants, and
thus it could not exist after the magic dropped below the
Threshold Level. The Atlantian culture was a racial hybrid that
had achieved both scientific and magical wonders, but in its
later years, it turned against itself by fighting nature to
maintain the island. As the end came near, a migration of
technology and culture spread from the isle to the rest of the
world. This is the reason mankind's ancient calendars all start
within 100 years of each other. The Hebrew, Egyptian, Chinese,
and most importantly, Mayan calendars all show the direct
influence of Atlantian culture.
The Mayan calendar is the most amazing, as it contains a
complete description of the magic cycles, including this current
crossing of the Threshold. The Mayan calendar was created in the
year 3372 BC (using the Christian calendar), just at the end of
the last cycle. The Mayans described the cycles as "worlds", and
stated that only certain life forms made the transition from one
world to the next. The calendar, written over 5,000 years ago,
predicted the exact day the Threshold Level would be passed. If
we convert the Mayan dates to the current Christian calendar, it
correctly states that the Threshold would be passed on December
24, 2011. On that day, the first Great Dragon was seen in Japan.
The precision is amazing.
Atlantis sank on August 12, 3113 BC, thus marking the end of
the Fourth World and the beginning of the Fifth. The Sixth World
began on December 12, 2011 AD, and will end, according to the
Mayan calendar, on April 4, 7137 AD.
We have the intervening time to enjoy what the Great Mother
gives us and to use responsibly the double-edged sword of
technology that our Human cousins have created. We must use both
the energy of nature and the power of technology to try to fix
the damage done by our short-lived relatives.

Speech given by Keynote speaker, Ehran "The Scribe"
at the YET (Young Elven Technologists) fund-raising dinner.
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