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Attalus · 01-25-2003, 03:14 PM

MagiK, one of the things I took away from Umberto Eco's marevellous book, Foucault's Pendulum, is that there are many people who just will not accept that there is no way for a mortal man or woman to influence his or her surroundings by pure will alone. In the imagination, you can make yourself rich, handsome, talented, married to the woman of your dreams with as many others as you want. How can there not be a way to make it so in the real world? This desire has been with humanity forever. It also has been the sworn enemy of any religion with any smatch of holiness in it. One of the things that Christianity and Islam can agree on is the detestaion of witches and sorcerers, as atttempting to usurp the will of the Almighty. These people are the modern decendants of these ancient charlatans. Consider the career of "Count Cagliostro."
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01-25-2003, 03:14 PM	#6
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 77 Posts: 8,167	MagiK, one of the things I took away from Umberto Eco's marevellous book, Foucault's Pendulum, is that there are many people who just will not accept that there is no way for a mortal man or woman to influence his or her surroundings by pure will alone. In the imagination, you can make yourself rich, handsome, talented, married to the woman of your dreams with as many others as you want. How can there not be a way to make it so in the real world? This desire has been with humanity forever. It also has been the sworn enemy of any religion with any smatch of holiness in it. One of the things that Christianity and Islam can agree on is the detestaion of witches and sorcerers, as atttempting to usurp the will of the Almighty. These people are the modern decendants of these ancient charlatans. Consider the career of "Count Cagliostro." EDIT- to add link [ 01-25-2003, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: Attalus ] __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...