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Re: Brithenig/Aelyan North America (was: Re: Languages in the Brithenig universe)

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Sunday, April 9, 2000, 8:13
Am 04/08 20:56  Eric Christopherson yscrifef:

> >I think "Bethisad" sounds great! Andrew? > > I like the sound of the word, but I was wondering where the sense of > "baptized" comes in. What is entailed by seeing the world itself as 'baptized'? >
My own belief is that the Chomro recognise the physical world as having indwelling Presence. It is a gift of God, nothing less than a sacrament and should be treasured. People seem to be adopting Ill Bethisad as a name of the Brithenig Universe. Well it keeps those nasty Lla Gos Nustr chappies at bay :) Like And I accept the Conmultiverse Theory: All Constructed Languages and Cultures can interact except when and where they need their own space and history to develop independently. - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz The sacred writers have clothed God in a human form, like gleaming amber or fire, and have spoken of its eyes, and ears, and hair, and face, and hands, and wings, and pinions, and arms, and back, and feet. - The Divine Names, 1.8