06-05-2019, 03:29 PM | #11 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
Thank you. I love these forums. Perhaps I should research the different kinds of Polynesian ritual objects.
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06-05-2019, 04:24 PM | #12 | |
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Thanks, I was thinking of the Polynesian word, never even knew about the Jewish bread. Indeed, learn something here all the time!
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06-05-2019, 04:31 PM | #13 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
That's what's referred to in the phrase "manna from heaven," which was one of the Old Testament miracles.
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06-05-2019, 04:36 PM | #14 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
Also, 'manna' is (at least where I live) pronounced with a short first 'a', as in 'manners'. Mana, on the other hand, is pronounced with a long 'a', as in 'father'.
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06-05-2019, 06:00 PM | #15 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
That's how I pronounce it, too.
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06-05-2019, 06:16 PM | #16 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
Threshold-limited magic and spirit-assisted magic are more historically accurate interpretations of magical energy than the standard system. Humans channeled magical energy rather than providing magical energy, and the channeling left a mark of the very soul of the individual. In the case of sorcerers, they would use threshold-limited magic, as they drew from the world around them. In the case of conjurers, they would use spirit-assisted magic, as they drew from a spiritual patron.
In the former case, a buffer stone would insulate practitioners from the distortion caused by channeling ambient magic. In the latter case, a favor stone would provide the same protection from their patron. In neither case would the stones contain magical energy. |
06-06-2019, 10:48 AM | #17 | |
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The anthropological papers I've found describing charm stones, charmstones, painted pebbles and such does not offer much in the way of indigenous vocabulary, which is a big oversight - I strongly suspect subtly of definition is lost in rebranding everything a under modernized headings. In hindu/tantric mysticism/ritualism there are the shaktimani, which translates literally to power stone. I guess sometimes people just call things what they are.
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06-06-2019, 10:52 AM | #18 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
It's worth remembering that real world ritual objects (which is what a powerstone would be) are mundane physical objects, and there is no particularly likely mechanism that would cause them become discharged; either they are consumed as part of the ritual, or they're tools that are reusable in short order.
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06-06-2019, 11:25 AM | #19 |
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Re: Powerstone historical names
Though they will sometimes accumulate negative energy and need to be discharged (the equivalent of buffer/favor stones).
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06-06-2019, 12:04 PM | #20 | |
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But back to my main question: setting aside that objects in mythology do not usually work in the way that gurps powerstones do, I'd still like to make a list of flavorific words that could, with a little willful suspension of disbelief, substitute for "powerstone" - ideally words which have roots in different ancient traditions. I suppose I'm just asking 'does anybody know non-english words that could mean charmstone?' but the question is more open than that.
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