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From: Andy Milburn 
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Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Cel] Ka'Shari & Exquaestio

> > Well, our 'religion' is based around our interactions with the ladies (a
> > group of 4(?) deities in the Dreaming). There's not a lot of faith
> involved,
> > more a suite of mutual agreements and interactions that have been going
on
> > for a thousand years or more. The human need for ritual comes more from
> > interpersonal relationships and a very detailed 'science' of drama akin
to
> > Japanese Noh plays.
>
> So what do you provide them, what do they provide you, and how are the
> interactions performed?
>
Hello, and sorry for the long delay in replying. As I mentioned before, I've
been out of town for the past week and am now playing catch-up.

Anyway, my viewpoint is that they have provided guidance and gifted the
Ka'Shari with certain magical techniques in each of the Goddesses' area of
expertise. In return, our use of those techniques presumably gives them
something they like, whether that is merely ornament or it helps them in
some way with their interaction with some other deity is probably a mystery
known only to Juuso. :) They certainly perform the occasional miracle (such
as making Bra'anath ill for a month), but that's subsidiary to their
teaching us how to be 'better' in some way.

As a player, I envision it as the goddesses' effort to teach some beings
(Ka'Shari) how to transcend the physical and have real (?)
power/effect/presence/value (?) in the Dreaming while remaining a force in
Celandra. Sort of like the Buddhist concept of Boddhisatvas, but with a much
stronger tie to this current life and a vastly reduced emphasis on
detachment. I'm not looking to have the Ka'Shari become another Eerith
(although that might be a possibility), but I haven't got a clear idea of
just what they *are* heading towards. I am hoping that our interaction with
the Dragons and the other players will eventually point out a direction.
About all I want to preserve is that they continue to provide a unique (set
of) viewpoints with which to comment on the world.

I hope that helps a bit!
  Bob


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