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- From: acsrdl@UMASSD.EDU
- Subject: Re: A Darkover type circle
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- Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:35:34 GMT
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- Good Greetings, all!
-
- Your account of successes and failures in various workings within
- your circle was fascinating, Stayka -- that's the sort of thing I'd love
- to see a lot more of, from different people. And thanks, too, for empha-
- sizing that what you reported was subjective experience; in my opinion,
- too many people try to nail down "magical" phenomena into objective scien-
- tific categories. They just aren't amenable to that kind of analysis, a
- lot of the time.
-
- I'd like to second the request for a description of the four Realms
- as you see them, [B.A. Davis-Howe]. (I'm tickled by the four-way division
- of talents -- I tend to divide things into quarters myself, usually because
- I feel there's an affinity to the Elements somehow.)
-
- ...And jeez, Bright Blessings for the waxing moon! I don't know
- if anyone else was affected this way, but this past week has been a _very_
- cold and dark time for me: dishes piled in the sink, my car running poorly,
- me sleeping late... and today things finally turned around. The eclipse
- _bothered_ me, for some reason I can't pin down....
-
- S>I agree, although I (i.e.\ our circle) have found out that it is a very
- S>painful path. (That's why I'm quite certain - well, at least I HOPE SO -
- S>that everybody who achieves mastery about hir powers is at least a little
- S>bit wiser than to abuse hir powers... [And that from someone who certain-
- S>ly has not achieved complete mastery yet. Although there are lots of
- S>people who might scorn me for that - I became more and more humble in
- S>view of the extent of the task still lying before me.])
- ...
- S>I always try to believe that mankind might be reasonable and able to
- S>learn. Am I a hopeless/ful idealist?! Sigh. (Of course I do watch the
- S>news on TV...)
-
- I guess I'm a hopeless idealist too: I believe that some day _most_
- people (or enough to make a difference) will "wake up" and achieve some
- kind of mastery -- over themselves, over their lives, over *something*....
- And then I go for a walk in the Mall, and I realize how far off that day
- still is. <sigh>
-
- Dave Toal; Fairhaven, Massachusetts -- B4-2 t+ f- w- e+ g+ r p cv
- "Otter Aelfwyn" Dragon; Sagittarius, Pisces ascendant
- ACSRDL@umassd.edu ...one of these days I'll actually write a .sig!
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