Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Modern Power Symbols incorporated into Shields.

David · 26th November 2006, 09:56 PM

I believe it was Arthur C. Clarke who once said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. So, perhaps, the military vehicle.
The phantom shield is awesome, especially the first one. This demonstrates an important principle of how this type of practical magic works and why it is so easily dismissed by outside cultures, even (or perhaps especially in this case) if the symbolism used is borrowed from the disbelieving culture. This is probably powerful magick in inter-tribal combat, but it would hold little sway over the Western psyche if presented in battle, which would probably have little understanding of how this symbolism is incorporated into the tribe's magickal system.

26th November 2006, 09:56 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	I believe it was Arthur C. Clarke who once said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. So, perhaps, the military vehicle. The phantom shield is awesome, especially the first one. This demonstrates an important principle of how this type of practical magic works and why it is so easily dismissed by outside cultures, even (or perhaps especially in this case) if the symbolism used is borrowed from the disbelieving culture. This is probably powerful magick in inter-tribal combat, but it would hold little sway over the Western psyche if presented in battle, which would probably have little understanding of how this symbolism is incorporated into the tribe's magickal system.