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From: Steven A. Tinner bluewizard@*****.com
Subject: What the heck is magic, anyway?
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:37:07 -0500
>> what they heck *is* magic, anyway? ... is it an intangible force
that
>>most of us are dead to? is it an aspect of the universe mundanes are
tuned
>>out to by nature? if so, how far removed is magic from the domain of
>normal human (mundane) comprehension?

Check back through the archives from about ... what 2 years ago?
Look for some of my posts on the Magic/Nuclear Energy similarities.

In short I have a theory that mana is fundamentally identical to radiation.
They behave in similar manners, although each has different forms.
They also seem to oppose each other to a degree in Shadowrun, which
corresponds nicely to the whole magic/vs. technology themes running
throughout the game.

Steven A. Tinner
bluewizard@*****.com
http://listen.to/Tinner
"9 points for word usage, and a cookie for using the term "Gygaxian
Whore"."

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