[Tirned Tinnu]

Ahhhhh! Now this is what I call a discussion! Fabulous! *Tirned claps her hands together in excitement*
Now!
Marileangorifurnimaluim! First of all I want to say thank you, for that wonderful first-hand commentary on your experiences with skrying-health diagnoses! Absolutely fascinating! It's good to be in the presence of ones who know.

Maikadilwen! Thank you for being so precise! I could not remember how to spell skrying, and so, annoyed and instead of looking it up I just left it out. Impossibly lazy of me, but there it is. I'm glad you have experience with this too. I didn't get the form of your skrying, was it water, crystaline or other? Mine, for the record, was with crystal. However, one might argue that the miriad times I've consulted the tarot are just about the same thing. I don't really think it's terribly alike. The same mind stuff goes into it, surely, but the focus on events is different.

Ah! Lindil, your argument is a good one. The basin and the palantir are definitely described differently. SO! What have we now... something manufactured by Galadriel or her people, something brought out of the Undying Lands, or something created by Elves in Middle Earth other than Galadriel or her people, perhaps... No, it's too far fetched - but as we all know Galadriel spent a bit of time sharing knowlege with Melian the Maia...
Perhaps she got it in Thingol's realm? There could be a number of theories! Oh dear. What a can of worms we've opened.

I still think it's certainly a hallowed object, yes, and requires that the person operating it know its key, hum, its spell of activation. That might not be accurate! Are we speaking of an item that utilizes speak recognition? Or musical tonality? Is it only a blessing on the water? Is it telpathic viewing, as was stated earlier in our conversation?

Wait now. What if we look at this object as technology, as the Elves would have, hmmm?
Think now. What metal might pick up brain waves, ripples in time, camera signals, and be able to display them? Nothing we know of. Huh. *looking flustered* Sounds rather Star Trek or rather Whovian to me! Does it to you? Perhaps it's something like the Guardian of Forever, a computerized gadget that seems like solid rock. Like a megalith, or in this case, an artifact, like the Key to Time, or The Harp of Rasillon. Hidden technology with artsy design? I've even heard of Romaulans(Who by the way remind me of Elves just as the Vucans do, just look at those ears... Roddenbery had read Tolkien!)who had a device to use in battle, one of Telepathic amplification.

Oh dear. My brainstorming is going of the deep end. So what do you think?
*sits and waits to see what happens now...gets herself a cuppa and some biscuits. Anyone for tea?*

[ September 13, 2002: Message edited by: Tirned Tinnu ]