From:	Dave Stone <dstone@******.DREAMSCAPE.COM>
Subject:	Re: Interesting Idea
Date:	Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:48:56 -0400

On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Georg Greve wrote:
> Yeah - but you all forget one important point: All non-shamans don't
> believe in the existence of totems, because noone ever saw one. The
> only way people can see them is being a shaman in trance - but who
> knows whether they just form the picture in their head or whether they
> meet an existing totem. This is quite important. If totems gave prove
> of their existence (like covering the body with tattoos and giving
> magic resistance) even the hermetic mages would try to contact
> them/work with them/use them. This does not happen because totems

<Shrug> In the trilogy with the Dog Shaman, when he was first
chosen by the totem, he 1. Didn't believe in him. 2. Saw the totem,
and he hadn't accepted it yet. 3. The totem saved his life. Seems the
totem provided proof he existed.

Dave

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