Martland

CRAFTSMEN AND MAGICIANS WORK IN A CONFIDENCE OF CONTROL THAT IS FOREIGN TO ARTISTS AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAGICIAN WHO CASTS A SPELL AND THE RELIGIOUS PERSON WHO RECITES A PRAYER...

TO KNOW GOD IS AS NON-REAL IS TO SAY ONE HAS NO MANA, NO KNOWLEDGE WHICH ALLOWS ONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE.

...THE [ARTISTIC/RELIGIOUS] LACK OF ASSURANCE ARISES FROM THE AWARENESS THAT THESE PANELS MAY NOT CONTINUE TO SHOW MEN THEIR WORLD. IT IS LEGITIMATE TO SAY THAT CONSTABLE IS A MASTER BECAUSE HIS WORK HAS TAUGHT MEN HOW TO SEE THE CLOUDS. IT IS NOT LEGITIMATE TO SAY THAT HE IS A MASTER BECAUSE HIS WORK WILL CONTINUALLY TEACH MEN HOW TO SEE THE CLOUDS... AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE OF THE FUTURE EVER DO SUBMIT TO THIS CANONICAL DECISION, THEY ENGAGE IN SENTIMENTALITY; THAT IS, THEY WILLINGLY REAFFIRM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ARTISTICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY TRUE WITHOUT THEMSELVES ACTUALLY MAINTAINING THE INITIATIVE AND WORKING INTO IT.