From:	Kelly Martin <kelly@*******.BLOOMINGTON.IN.US>
Subject:	Re: Invisible Pink Unicorns
Date:	Fri, 15 Sep 1995 16:08:28 EST5

"Eve" == Eve Forward <lutra@******.COM> writes:

Eve> But seriously... could a character with magical potential just
Eve> come up with something to follow and belive in, and be a shaman
Eve> that way, or would they be a hermetic with funky beliefs?

shamanism is an art as much as a belief. without the art, he's not a
shaman. if he casts magic in a hermetic way, he's a hermetic, even if
he does happen to worship a totem.

recall that Sam believed in the christian god, yet was a Dog shaman.
religious belief seems to be somewhat independent of shamanistic
identification.

k.
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