From:	Robert Watkins <robertdw@*******.net.au>
Subject:	Re: Re[6]: [SR2]: Fat-bac -Reply
Date:	Sat, 7 Sep 96 15:27:52 +1100

>Nope. If you don't have mass then you can't aquire
>momentum.

Not true... Or rather, it's true in a simplistic sense, but it breaks
down when you start talking about relativistic speeds (light, for
example... it doesn't, strictly speaking, have mass (the wave/particle
debate))

> If the astral mage is hit by an aura then he
>will stop moving as soon as the aura is no longer in
>contact with him (if he indeed has no mass). Which is the
>same reason that a mage cannot affect anything on the
>physical plane that isn't dual natured. He has no mass and
>cannot aquire momentum and therefore cannot impart
>(physical) energy on anything. For those things that are
>dual natured he can affect that part that is magically
>active by using his willpower and/or magic, but he still
>can't affect them physically (no mass).

You are assuming that the only interactions are the standard ones of
physics. However, auras interact as well, with real force.

>You make a FAB club and hit an astral mage. The mage has
>no mass and can't affect the club's movement in any way.
>The club's aura pushes the mage out of the way. After the
>club is no longer in contact the mage stops moving because
>he can't aquire momentum. The club causes no damage
>because it isn't magicaly active.

Actually, that is correct, but for different reasons. However, if the
mage could NOT move out of the way, then forced intersection occurs.

>You envelope an astral mage in a cloud of FAB. The mage's
>aura does some pretty funky contortions as it is forced
>between all the bacterium. But again, he can escape by
>slipping between the auras of the bacterium. And, IMHO, it
>wouldn't slow him down at all because in astral space
>movement is as fast as you can think.

Bzzt... the mage can't "slip between" the auras of the bacteria. The mage
can't fit. Sort of like how you can't walk through a chicken wire fence
without breaking it. The mage gets slowed down as he has to wait for the
weak, but real, interactions between his (greater) aura and the (lesser)
auras of the bacteria to force the bacteria aside. Now before anyone gets
technical on me, this doesn't work in the net scenario, 'cause the
gravitational attraction of the net is far greater than the force
genereated by the interaction of auras.


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