[UA] occult paraphernalia

[Michael Dinowitz]

No clue. Role playing has been used in psychology, counseling and other things for ages. We're not banned from those and I've never seen a reason to be banned from a RPG. I do happen not to play clerics and such but that's personal preference based on religion. Others do. It's a game.


> why was i under the impression that orthodox jews, like orthodox christians,
> could not participate in such things as rpgs?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <mdinowit at i-2000.com>
> To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:33 AM
> Subject: RE: [UA] occult paraphernalia
> 
> 
> > ok, I'll do this again. Jews (like me) tend to use the spelling Kabbalah
> and when you see that in a book there's a good chance your seeing something
> Jewish. Hermetics tend to use the q spelling because they have such a love
> for the germans. Lets me explain that. The first letter of Kabbalah is a
> Kuf. As this has basically the same sound as a Kaf, linguists decided to
> transliterate the Kaf as a K and the Kuf as a Q. This has led to people
> stating up and down (usually non-Hebrew speaking people) that the word is
> pronounced with the Q making a Qua sound rather than a Ka sound. Loooooong
> fight between those who use and live the language and those who just use it
> to describe their occult tradition.
> > Cabala is used by some hermetics and is usually seen as being of the
> Christian school. Don't get me started on that either.
> > And yes, I'm an Orthodox Jew, I read and speak Hebrew and study
> traditional Kabbalah as well as know some of the hermetic tradition (which I
> don't follow).
> > Oy again.
> >
> > At 09:10 AM 3/6/02, you wrote:
> > >Gah, it's translated from Hebrew, in the name of Eris.  It doesn't matter
> how we spell it, we're still not using the original form.
> > >
> > >Being something of a chaos magician myself, I'm tempted to join the list,
> but honestly I think it would be more annoying then it's worth.
> > >
> > >Saul
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: "Doug Stalker" <doug at infinitemonkeyproductions.net>
> > >>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> > >>To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
> > >>Subject: RE: [UA] occult paraphernalia
> > >>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:53:06 +1000
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>It's a list for pratitioners of Chaos Magick (or magic, magik, or
> whatever)
> > >>called the zee-list
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>details at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/4052/zcintr.htm ,
> > >>including how to subscribe (write to an email address and ask) as well
> as
> > >>plenty of fun links.
> > >>archive at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/4052/
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>It has a lot of crap, since it's an unmoderated list full of chaotes,
> but
> > >>there is also a lot of useful information to be mined from it -
> especially
> > >>ideas for roleplaying games.  It also features such fun events as the
> flame
> > >>war over the proper spelling of
> > >>Kabalah/Cabalah/Qabalah/Quabalah/QBL/whatever.  It's like a large
> clueless
> > >>cabal that has a little knowledge of tilts, but no idea why they work.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> - Doug
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu
> [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> > >>> Behalf Of Sonja Pieper
> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, 6 March 2002 6:58 PM
> > >>> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> > >>> Subject: Re: [UA] occult paraphernalia
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Doug Stalker wrote:
> > >>> > Here's a message from another mailing list - if you ever need
> > >>> to descibe a
> > >>> > house full of modern occult paraphernalia, this is a perfect
> > >>> description.
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> > >>> may I just ask, what kind of list that is _you_ are on?
> > >>>
> > >>> *curiosity overwhelming me*
> > >>>
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> > >>>
> > >>>
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