From:	Caun Haskins <caun@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Totems
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 1997 04:17:48 -0600

> What?!?! Damn. I thought totems were just a convenient mental
> magical crutch for the shaman. No more real than any other hallucination.
>
Wow this calls into question how we perceive magic! are very beliefs!!
well me personally, I believe that totems are actual spirits that guide
their shaman through life. (shaman talking) but if you are a hermetic
mage and think that magic is just impersonal ethernic (how do you spell
that?) energy, than it's merely a hallucination, whether real or not
they can effect life for me and that makes them real enough! !! !!!well
as I've said I haven't played much D&D so that I can't effectively
comment on. but I'll ask this, Is this a bad thing? (I really wand to
know)
enough said?

Caun :}