[UA] Jesus Christ, SuperAvatar!

[Allen Smith]

On Dec 5, 11:52pm, James Palmer wrote:
> > Possible... although the UA universe reminds me more of some varieties 
> > of Hinduism, with a cyclic universe, lots more deities than three,
> > etcetera.
> 
> Hinduism has rather more gods than three - I mean, technically everything
> comes down to Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, but then they're all part of
> God/the Absolute/whatever, so it's rather splitting hairs.

Quite... although sometimes these distinctions can make distinct
differences, as in the combats between Arianism, Orthodoxy, and all
the other varieties in the early history of Christianity.

> In an 'orthodox' Hindu UA game, then, Entropy would be Shiva, Order
> Vishnu, and Brahma the incarnate Godhead.  Or maybe Order is Brahma
> and the Comte de Saint Germain is Vishnu

And, as it happens, Avatars of deities (although not in the UA sense - 
more a part of that deity being around in a human being, or the deity
being expressed through a human being, depending on how you look at
it) are part of Hinduism. The Compte as Krishna?

> 'lila' - creative divine dance/play - would be an interesting concept to
> apply to UA cosmology - the idea that the world is a game between the
> Clergy.  Could lead into the self-referential plot from Over the Edge.

Hmm... nice. I like. Shiva Nataraja from Kult could also be brought in 
here, although that would make it _not_ an _orthodox_ Hindu UA game.

	-Allen

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Allen Smith				easmith at beatrice.rutgers.edu
	

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