tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2164530314613545769..comments2024-03-28T12:51:01.247-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Memento MoriJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9148768504453830182010-03-25T11:03:24.920-04:002010-03-25T11:03:24.920-04:00This is the kind of I most appreciate about D&...This is the kind of I most appreciate about D&D-- "deep" meditation without the discomfiting indigestion.Brian (brian_cooper at hotmail d o t com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02805168206752602148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57471885442697784122010-03-25T10:00:55.528-04:002010-03-25T10:00:55.528-04:00"...they ceased not from friendship and fello..."...they ceased not from friendship and fellowship, abiding in all cheer and pleasures and solace of life until there came to them the Destroyer of delights and the Sunderer of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oJPi0YVCwycC&pg=PA238&lpg=PA238&dq=arabian+nights+entertainment+destroyer+of+all+death+the+sunderer&source=bl&ots=o9wI1RWeX5&sig=nRHXTc3hC8RmLAbkiIqHCzZGHBA&hl=en&ei=EmurS-K5BMP6lwfnvKiTDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=sunderer&f=false" rel="nofollow">societies</a>."<br /><br />I once played a hermetic mystic in a Vampire Dark Ages game who had been interrupted on his putative path to throwing off the influences of the planets by being turned into a member of the undead. It was refreshing to be able to play the part without the usual Christian guilt gloss, as a surprising turn to be investigated, rather than a definitive fall from the arc of potential grace.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4664289272894888082010-03-25T09:57:42.052-04:002010-03-25T09:57:42.052-04:00You've almost certainly seen pictures of the S...<i>You've almost certainly seen pictures of the Sedlec Ossuary</i><br /><br>Oh yes. There are lots of "bone chapels" throughout Catholic Europe. I'm most familiar with the Capuchini Crypt in Rome, thanks to a friend who'd visited there and brought back all sorts of books and pamphlets about the place.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71363212095363522010-03-25T09:54:39.085-04:002010-03-25T09:54:39.085-04:00Am I just paranoid, or did you throw in the ghouls...<i>Am I just paranoid, or did you throw in the ghouls because of me?</i><br /><br>Not <i>just</i> because of you -- it's something I'd been meaning to mention for a while now -- but your recent post on G monsters reminded me of it.<br /><br /><i>Also: amazing image--where's it from?</i><br /><br>It is, I am given to understand, a sculpture gracing the tomb of René of Châlons, Prince of Orange, and depicts the prince as a decaying corpse offering his heart to God. It's a really powerful image on multiple levels.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46535453412914470592010-03-25T01:02:16.433-04:002010-03-25T01:02:16.433-04:00" Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel a..." Gentile or Jew <br />O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, <br />Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you."Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91716065185651859352010-03-24T21:30:49.132-04:002010-03-24T21:30:49.132-04:00The sculpture is L'écorché, by Ligier Richier....The sculpture is L'écorché, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligier_Richier" rel="nofollow">Ligier Richier</a>. It is displayed in St. Etienne Church, in the Ville Haute of Bar-le-Duc, France. <br /><br />I would know, since this is where I lived most of my life in France. :-)Benoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318309230835219538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25983718766061312612010-03-24T19:24:44.636-04:002010-03-24T19:24:44.636-04:00For my campaign, I envisioned vampires and werewol...For my campaign, I envisioned vampires and werewolves as immortals. Both types were magic users who had willingly allowed themselves to be possessed by a type of demon. Of course the price was that one type of demon had a blood fetish that had to be satisfied daily, the other had a craving to kill and eat man flesh every full moon.jdh417https://www.blogger.com/profile/14541882649762424101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45577479109999381462010-03-24T19:24:31.078-04:002010-03-24T19:24:31.078-04:00"As for man, his days are like grass; as a fl..."As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer." <br /> Great post, with all the funerals I do in real life, thoughts of mortality are never far away. Our Cathedral is St. Louis has a very humbling All Souls chapel. The art work points to death and the hope of eternal life.Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05722958681098483324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18750616087390761572010-03-24T19:16:39.028-04:002010-03-24T19:16:39.028-04:00"All is Vanity""All is Vanity"Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-28781276963053765042010-03-24T17:49:02.546-04:002010-03-24T17:49:02.546-04:00You've almost certainly seen pictures of the S...You've almost certainly seen pictures of the Sedlec Ossuary, but just in case:<br /><br />http://www.sterf.be/photos/sedlec-ossuaryRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049576082482175075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-73940280161084665442010-03-24T17:33:53.569-04:002010-03-24T17:33:53.569-04:00James,
Am I just paranoid, or did you throw in th...James, <br />Am I just paranoid, or did you throw in the ghouls because of me?<br /><br />Also: amazing image--where's it from?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com