Re: Cants

Staving Mike Ellis:
>Peter Bleackley wrote:
>
>Sounds a bit like Douglas Adams' "SEP field", which causes the mind to
>dismiss something as "Somebody Else's Problem" and edit it out of
>perception.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEP_field
>
>M
Yes, I remember the SEP field. It's very likely to be part of the
inspiration for the "Hide In Plain Sight" spell. However, both share a
common origin in the everyday experience of searching _everywhere_ for
something, and then finding it in a place where it was clearly visible all
the time.

Pete


> >Interesting turn of phrase. "Hide in plain sight" is a very common spell
> >used by the wizards of Huna (the contemporary speakers/preservers of
> >Khangaþyagon). It makes whatever it is cast on not invisible, but very
> >ignorable. Anyone but the caster who looks at it will suffer mind-blindness
> >and not notice it, although another wizard may be aware of the presence of
> >magical effects. The caster may break the spell by deliberately drawing
> >attention to the hidden object, whereupon the person it has been revealed
> >to will experience a feeling of "Oh, it was right under my nose."