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Icelander · 12-21-2018, 08:12 AM

For the purposes of the Stoneshaping ritual in the 'Old Ways' article in Pyramid #3/56 p. 32, you can affect 'stone, but not metal or other minerals'.

It is noted that there might be other rituals that work similarly, for different classes of matter. The example given is 'Woodshaping'.

What other rituals of this kind could plausibly exist? How broad should the categories be?

By analogy from 'Woodshaping', 'Coralshaping' seems balanced enough, especially in an environment with many types of coral that doesn't exist on Earth and which might be used by cultures there.

How would other minerals than stone be divided?

What other, useful matter (even if formerly alive) can be shaped with variations of this ritual?

Especially matter found in the ocean, tropical lagoons or island/beach environment, in an otherwordly mirror of islands in the Caribbean?

12-21-2018, 08:12 AM	#48
Icelander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iceland*	Stoneshaping Ritual (Pyramid #3/56 p. 32) For the purposes of the Stoneshaping ritual in the 'Old Ways' article in *Pyramid #3/56* p. 32, you can affect 'stone, but not metal or other minerals'. It is noted that there might be other rituals that work similarly, for different classes of matter. The example given is 'Woodshaping'. What other rituals of this kind could plausibly exist? How broad should the categories be? By analogy from 'Woodshaping', 'Coralshaping' seems balanced enough, especially in an environment with many types of coral that doesn't exist on Earth and which might be used by cultures there. How would other minerals than stone be divided? What other, useful matter (even if formerly alive) can be shaped with variations of this ritual? Especially matter found in the ocean, tropical lagoons or island/beach environment, in an otherwordly mirror of islands in the Caribbean? __________________ Za uspiekh nashevo beznadiozhnovo diela!