[UA] Edible clay?

[Joe Murphy (Broin)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> Behalf Of Radoslaw Galus
> Sent: 24 July 2001 11:32
> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> Subject: Re: [UA] Edible clay?
>
>
> From: Patrick O'Duffy <redfern at thehub.com.au>
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:36 AM
>
> > 1 - What's the real deal with this sort of thing? Religious
> ritual, quack
> > healing, wierd fetish or not? What real-world rituals and myths
> are based
> on
> > eating clay and dirt?
> >
> > 2 - What use could you find for such a thing in a UA campaign?
>
> Don't know about _eating_ clay but with the links it has to flesh
> (the myth
> of man being created from dirt and all) I'd say you could have a ritual
> which enables to substitute limbs and organs with counterparts made
> of clay. Infused with magic this primal matter would turn into
> flesh or gain
> the ability to mimic it's functions.

Which reminds me...

In the original Sumerian that Genesis is possible based on, the 'clay' the
first people are made of isn't clay at all. The word best translates to
'seed', as in semen. That is, 'Adam' is created from genetic material.

This is discussed in a book by Zecharia Sitchin? He discusses our origin
myths (and in particular the Sumerian) in terms of genetics and
super-science, a creator race from afar with humanity as a worker race. And
it's quite persuasive, too.

http://www.google.com/search?q=sitchin

Joe.

--
Joe Murphy (Broin)
broin at notzen.com

"You'll regret being so damn abusive when
the electric UFO gods transphase in from
Dimension 10 to appoint me manager of
the universe."  - The Drummer, Planetary.



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