I still feel like I'm lost in the shoals somewhere. I've never felt 'multiple personalities' equals 'hosting spirits'. One thing's one thing, the other thing's the other thing. Maybe I'm being intransigent, but words have to mean something or they have no value.
I also don't quite buy that muses are soulbonds, either, but then, maybe that's me, too. I have muses, and they nag me, but they are not real. I know they are not real. Any power they have over my actions--which is mostly in the realm of, getting me to write things--is power I've given them. So I don't understand that term either.
I have to say that you appear to be confusing our and ksol1460's personal beliefs with the beliefs held by other people which we are reporting and describing. I can tell you that we, at least, certainly don't necessarily believe that mediumship equals multiple personality, or that characters you talk to are muses. When I say "some people call it this," I'm not saying "this is what I believe." In fact, in some cases, my beliefs are quite divergent.
All I'm doing is telling everyone what I've discovered other people believe, or the terminology I've noticed them using. I have no idea how people came to associate the concept of muses with talking to characters. I can't tell you why, so don't ask me "how do you figure"! You would have to ask the people who use the term that way if you want to know how they use it. This is not me giving my personal beliefs here. I'm just telling you what I've seen.
I apologise if this is a little curt, but I do get pretty annoyed when I'm trying to explain what a certain group of people believe, and have it automatically assumed that these are my beliefs as well. I do understand that you're trying to get all the terminology straight, but as far as terminology I don't use personally, I honestly do not know why it was chosen by others. Again, you'd have to ask them.
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I also don't quite buy that muses are soulbonds, either, but then, maybe that's me, too. I have muses, and they nag me, but they are not real. I know they are not real. Any power they have over my actions--which is mostly in the realm of, getting me to write things--is power I've given them. So I don't understand that term either.
I have to say that you appear to be confusing our and
All I'm doing is telling everyone what I've discovered other people believe, or the terminology I've noticed them using. I have no idea how people came to associate the concept of muses with talking to characters. I can't tell you why, so don't ask me "how do you figure"! You would have to ask the people who use the term that way if you want to know how they use it. This is not me giving my personal beliefs here. I'm just telling you what I've seen.
I apologise if this is a little curt, but I do get pretty annoyed when I'm trying to explain what a certain group of people believe, and have it automatically assumed that these are my beliefs as well. I do understand that you're trying to get all the terminology straight, but as far as terminology I don't use personally, I honestly do not know why it was chosen by others. Again, you'd have to ask them.