World-Building – Belief Systems

Belief systems are part of the anthropologist’s triad – culture, language, myth (belief). These three are so intertwined I can’t imagine studying one without drawing deeply of the others. Our personal library contains ~300 books on different belief/faith/mythological/folkoric systems. If you count ebooks, the number goes over 1,000 volumes (and note my bias there). But … Continue reading “World-Building – Belief Systems”

Shaman Story Chapter X – The Wild, The Shadows

[I mentioned in Shaman Story Chapter 5 – Lessons that chapter numbering would get wonky as Shaman Story is a work in progress. This week’s entry bears that out, as it comes before chapter 6 and after chapter 5. So far. I think.] Read Shaman Story Chapter 5 – Lessons. Shaman Story Chapter X – … Continue reading “Shaman Story Chapter X – The Wild, The Shadows”

The Inheritors Chapter 10 – Resa ValJean, 211 Cavalos Era

Read The Inheritors Chapter 9 – Kyagtshagg, 2035AD Creator and above level members can download a PDF of this chapter to read offline The Inheritors Chapter 10 – Resa ValJean, 211 Cavalos Era   Resa stretched, anguine like, as the Librarian guided her from the Neuroscaphe. “There were some fluctuations in the Labyrinth today, Bertrand. … Continue reading “The Inheritors Chapter 10 – Resa ValJean, 211 Cavalos Era”

The Inheritors Chapter 5 – Thomas Ayers, 211 Cavalos Era

Read The Inheritors Chapter 4 – Yu-Ping Chang, 22,360BC Creator and above level members can download a PDF of this chapter to read offline The Inheritors Chapter 5 – Thomas Ayers, 211 Cavalos Era   He rose through layers of thought like a diver rising through the depths, chasing the foreigner in his mind like … Continue reading “The Inheritors Chapter 5 – Thomas Ayers, 211 Cavalos Era”