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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 1646888" data-attributes="member: 7533">Very nice.Copernicus doesn't start any of his really interesting work until 1514, and Galileo wasn't born until 1564.However, that doesn't mean those poins of view can't exist.  At this point, wizards would consider magic as a sort of science; obvious applications of certain laws of the universe.  Wereas preists, especially Christian priests, would view such unnatural powers as only coming from either divine or demonic sources; mortal man cannot wield such powers alone...  If you (or someone else) sufficiently explain your connection to God, then you've made a miracle and you are a saint.  If not (or if someone suffieciently denounces you), then you're in collusion with demons, and your are persecuted as a wich and a heretic.In the end, of course, they are both correct to a point.  It explains the differences between divine and arcane magic.  Historically, the alchemists and astrologers were always pursuing the Secret of Life in order to attain immortality.  But in every legend, none of them ever found it...  Only the miracles of the Holy Saints has the power to heal people.In this world, the wizards would have come close to logevity and immortality with experiments into undeath, but undeath corrupts the soul irreparably.  the ancient Atlanteans once had the secret to extreme longevity, but the secret has been lost and effects are slowly diluting with each successive generation that mixes with common humans.  Wizards haven't found the true secret of life, though, so healing and renewed life is still the undisputed domain of the faithful.</blockquote>

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