tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post6889151693044020569..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: High PriestessesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-53267415863280590422017-05-30T01:14:39.737+01:002017-05-30T01:14:39.737+01:00Dear Mr. Stirling,
Thanks! That is what I more or...Dear Mr. Stirling,<br /><br />Thanks! That is what I more or less was trying to say.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-53272074473698966952017-05-29T22:03:04.435+01:002017-05-29T22:03:04.435+01:00Yes, that's about it. Yasmini has a "gif...Yes, that's about it. Yasmini has a "gift", like Andersonian telepathy; it may or may not exist in reality, but it's conceived of as that sort of thing -- to be precise, as an offshoot of the quantum nature of consciousness (using Penrose's 'The Emperor's New Mind' as a model.<br /><br />In SCOURGE, the High Priestesses ask, and a Person replies. Who and what exactly the Person is, that's another matter.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-21593371600497372852017-05-29T21:44:44.779+01:002017-05-29T21:44:44.779+01:00Sean,
Very good.
Paul.Sean,<br />Very good.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-5011495086100199492017-05-29T21:43:15.077+01:002017-05-29T21:43:15.077+01:00Kaor, Paul!
No, I would not say the priestesses w...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />No, I would not say the priestesses we see at the beginning of THE SCOURGE OF GOD are acquiring Yasmini's abilities. My recollection is that they appealed to their "gods" for true visions. Which makes it more like FANTASY. What happened to Yasmini and her sistren of the Order of True Seers (if I recollect the name right) was more science fictional, ESP related, something they gained from being bred by the priests of the Peacock Angel to strengthen those ESP abilities.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com