From:	Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject:	Hermetic vs. Shamanic mages
Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 05:11:25 +0000

While taking a brisk walk outside, pondering exactly how I can make a
fair rule which makes a high-strength bow not quite so good an
anti-air defence, I had this thought -

What if hermetic mages simply were shamans following the totem of
science? A totem with a lot of differences from the others, but with
*exactly* the same basics. It would explain why some hermetic mages
become insect shamans, why they have the same spells, same abilites,
etcetera. It also goes with the thread earlier, about science as
religion. It's more an image, a way of interpretation, than a rule.

On another note, I'd believe the ratio of mages in cities like
Seattle would be a lot higher than the global average, simply because
corporations would 'drain' third world nations for those with magical
talent and move them to their 'home ground'. No, they wouldn't get
*all* or anything like that, but enough to skew the ratio more than a
little.

--
Fade

And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost