Greetings,

You say in post #5682: "My own musings have led me to the impression
that the Priests work a magic that is derived from the Gods, while the
Occultists work magi derived from death energies, chaos energies....
their magic is derived from worldly energies, while Priestly magic is
granted by the Divine."

It is my observation that many in Achaea seem to believe that words
such as "holy" and "divine" are synonymous with "good" and "light".
I don't know why this should be, you'd almost think that most people
came from a monotheistic background where there was only one divinity
and he only represented those two things.. or something. *shrug* Which
is preposterous, because as we all know, there are many gods in Achaea.
Even gods of Death and Chaos.

My point being. The Occultists' skills involving Death and Chaos are given
to us by divine grace, just as the Priests' are. To claim that "death energies"
and "chaos energies" are, as you say, mere "worldly energies" as opposed
to divine, could even be considered insulting to Eris and Thoth.

Regards,

Shakti.


Penned by my hand on the 11th of Miraman, in the year 250 AF.