[UA] Jesus in the UnAverse (was RE: Interesting plotline gene rator...)

[James Palmer]

Ah, but that legend (the Havamal?  long poem) may actually be a steal from
Christianity ...

As a general note, don't believe anything you read in Frazer.  It's mostly
balls.  Very well written balls, but balls nonetheless.  

James

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"Groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having."
- John Perry Barlow

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Stimson, Aaron wrote:

> Interesting note:  Odin, in his youth, was nailed to a tree and stabbed in
> the side with a spear.  Didn't kill him, but it's an interesting comparison.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Epoch [mailto:msulliva at wso.williams.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 2:30 PM
> To: (list) Unknown Armies
> Subject: Re: [UA] Jesus in the UnAverse (was RE: Interesting plotline
> generator...)
> 
> 
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Chad Underkoffler wrote:
> 
> > Also: are former-IC members immortal?  If demons don't need to
> > follow human rules of magick, do former IC members have to?
> 
> I would avoid generalizing as to what former IC members can do.  In fact,
> I'd avoid saying anything about them as a group, except that they're Damn
> Scary Mofos.
> 
> These are people who have tasted what it is to be a god (or as close as
> humans are ever likely to come), and then got their asses kicked back down
> to being (mostly) Mortal, and denied the chance of /ever/ regaining their
> positions, thanks to the wonders the House.
> 
> "Bitter" doesn't even begin to cover it.
> 
> Though I suppose that some of the more negative Archetypes might end up
> being fairly nice guys, but still kinda unearthly and strange.  (Ghandi as
> a Renounced Archetype of War?)
> 
> I could quite easily buy just about any power that the Renounced IC
> members had, as that little bit that they managed to drag back from the
> Stratosphere.
> 
> Mike
> 
> (By the way, is Lord of Light (by Roger Zelazny) eerily similar to the
> whole IC and renounced concept, or what?)
> 
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