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faithlessprophet:

--- Quote ---I think I recall WOJ to the effect that ghosts are merely psychic imprints or echoes.  If so, they don't think, are on auto-pilot and shouldn't be able to practice anything.
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but according to Jim and the product info on the next book says (click to show/hide)Harry is dead and has to solve his own murder, which seems that he is aware of himself and has a purpose, and while it also states he doesnt have his power, he never really was any good at ectomancy therefore my question, lol

neofyte:

--- Quote from: Canicula on October 14, 2010, 08:00:33 PM ---Jim, you mentioned that wizard "Listens-to-the-Wind was of the Illinois. That was a sizable confederacy
made up of a number of cognate tribes: Peoria, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Cahokia, and Tamaroa, to name
the five most populous. Listens-to-the-Wind also spoke about the annihilation of his tribe because of his
refusal to intervene.

As one who has studied the Illiniwek in depth, I concluded that Listens-to-the-Wind spoke of one of three
battles: the devastation of Kaskaskia (Village) in 1680, the extermination of the Tamaroa sub-tribe shortly thereafter,
or the siege at Starved Rock.
Did LTW refer to one of these three historically recorded events or something lost through the ages?

This is the link to my Illini web site and the pertinent sub-unit: Scholarly citations are provided.

http://rfester.tripod.com/iroq.html

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Holy erudition, Batman. I am impressed!!!  Thank you =)

stevem:

--- Quote from: faithlessprophet on October 16, 2010, 05:40:05 AM ---but according to Jim and the product info on the next book says (click to show/hide)Harry is dead and has to solve his own murder, which seems that he is aware of himself and has a purpose, and while it also states he doesnt have his power, he never really was any good at ectomancy therefore my question, lol
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We'll have to wait and see but I suspect that Harry is not literally a ghost but his 'soul' is wandering about lose.  Pure conjecture on my part.

faithlessprophet:
hmm, but if thats the case wouldnt he still have access to soulfire?

AcornArmy:

--- Quote from: faithlessprophet on October 17, 2010, 08:05:33 AM ---hmm, but if thats the case wouldnt he still have access to soulfire?

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Yeah, I've wondered about this myself. If angels can use soulfire, and angels are nothing but soul-- which, according to Bob, is the case-- then angels can use magic, since soulfire is a mixture of a soul's energy and magic. If Harry is a soul, and if his soul is structurally similar to an angel's soul, then it seems like he should also be capable of using magic, at least potentially. Maybe the problem in Ghost Story is less that he can't use it and more that using magic as a soul is different from using it as a living mortal, and he just doesn't know how to do it. Or maybe it's as simple as Harry not believing that he can use magic while he's a soul, which could effectively make him unable to do so.

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