From:	Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Astral Magic)
Date:	Tue, 19 May 1998 16:11:16 -0400

At 09:41 AM 5/19/98 PDT, you wrote:

>If a moon base was set up with enough of a biosphere to generate a
>manasphere, Could you use this spell to get there?

Just for sake of argument, let's assume that this spell that transforms a
person's body into a mana construct (so it is very similar to a common
spell) can actually work. I don't think it can, but let's leave that aside
for now.

And the answer is...

It depends.

The common perception/interpretation is that there is a vacuum or absence
of mana in space. So if you were to try this little stunt, I would imagine
that the spell/teleporting mage would be disrupted and the little bits of
mana would be scattered about the astral cosmos.

Now if you were to subscribe to alternate concepts of mana, such as
someones idea that mana is a form of solar radiation, then it might be
possible.

So it would appear highly likely that this spell could not teleport someone
to another planet or something.

And didn't the original spell have a LOS requirement? If it did (and I
can't recall), then that would autmatically eliminate this moon teleport
concept except perhaps for ritual magic (which gets around LOS, but then
requires a link).

Nice way to sort of think sideways with the concept though.

Erik J.


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