[UA] Old groups and power

[Greg Stolze]

>So the question come, what defined a shift in the stratosphere? It can't be
>something based on mass of people or belief as the 'modern' world is short in
>that in comparison to certain asian countries. it couldn't be linked to
>political ideologies as Communism (though it failed against Capitalism) had
>more adherents yet the magic that is used in UA is more of a Capitalist
>thing.
>It can't be tradition as many of the traditions are a few dozen years old.
>I know I'm over-analizing this but its my nature. :)

The true analysis is, "The authors wrote about capitalist magick because
they looked aroud at the prevalant social forces in their lives."  There
could readily be communism-based magick (Plutomancy's black sheep twin),
but it would have few adherents outside China and the former Soviet Union
-- for the same reason that Chinese Plutomancers are probably very thin on
the ground.

Actually, a major reason for cultural bias in magick would be LANGUAGE.  I
don't speak Russian or Chinese.  How am I going to learn commumancy?

-G.

Offering a shiny new No-Prize to the best proposal for Commumancy --
paradox, random magick, taboo and effects.



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