Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-85.252.212.11-20151129052405/@comment-3131473-20151207192256

Argh, third attempt to reply. Stupid internet connection. SORCERESS70 wrote: True, but occultism is a base for all that you have mentioned... I would rather say the mythologies were a basis for occultism, not vice-versa. SORCERESS70 wrote: Witcher has medieval renaissance setting also besides that you have mentioned which is true, and medieval renaissance sorcery was all about gazing at heavenly bodies at first...Every king or a ruler had their most trusted astrologer/sorcerer... But Witcherworld is not our Middle Ages or Renaissance. Sorcerers draw their power directly from energy of the Elements, without "middlemen" such as demons. Only the most powerful mages manage to capture the Genie, summoning the demons (goetia) is banned since it is too treacherous. SORCERESS70 wrote: Emhyr in the book hires an astrologer to locate Ciri, and contrary to the popular belief about astrologers amongst their colleagues sorcerers, he succeeds...Only that Emhyr did not believe him for her location was really unorthodox, and threw him in a dungeon...The same astrologer who actually predicted the good omens for his own ascenscion to the throne... Xarthisius indeed has talent, but he is the only known (classic) astrologer on the Continent. There are also only a few oneiromancers (Condwiramurs in the Lady of the Lake and Corinne in TW3). SORCERESS70 wrote: Nostradamus told Catherine de Medici that she will outlive all her children... Did Nostradamus and Catherine live on the Continent? :P SORCERESS70 wrote: How much do You know about astrology?

It exist, but I don't need it for living.