Actually the tabletop rpgs of the 80s have some writing frameworks (theyre essentially designed as writing aides). Shadowrun posits a turning of the age with a return of magic on the Mayan calendar. They speculate that the astral plane is based in the field of life. It has interesting effects, like the earths energy itself providing a floor, so that flying astral bodies cant easily travel through the earth itself.
Mage, the 80s version, speculates that each planet has its own distinct astral sphere. It reminds me of a ray bradbury story about how different senses for martians require different spiritual practice to maintain balance (I believe the missionaries were christian in thevstory)
Perhaps the difference isnt strictly "worse". Not just because it makes for a good twist or redemption arc. Maybe instead of just being far from home they are also finding something else across the gulf.
In reality, solar forces keep us here, as has been referenced here. But in the 70s star trek even (the next gen episodes about two planets with drug addiction) it was seen as redemptive too.
For more lore grounding, I forget the guys name but the "father of soviet space medicine" who ran the laika experiments has great wuotes on the fear of the void.
And he insisted cosmonauts brought booze to space. Iirc theres pics of marijuana on the iss. Jungian stuff.
NoCents
Re: etheric connections
Actually the tabletop rpgs of the 80s have some writing frameworks (theyre essentially designed as writing aides). Shadowrun posits a turning of the age with a return of magic on the Mayan calendar. They speculate that the astral plane is based in the field of life. It has interesting effects, like the earths energy itself providing a floor, so that flying astral bodies cant easily travel through the earth itself.
Mage, the 80s version, speculates that each planet has its own distinct astral sphere. It reminds me of a ray bradbury story about how different senses for martians require different spiritual practice to maintain balance (I believe the missionaries were christian in thevstory)
Perhaps the difference isnt strictly "worse". Not just because it makes for a good twist or redemption arc. Maybe instead of just being far from home they are also finding something else across the gulf.
In reality, solar forces keep us here, as has been referenced here. But in the 70s star trek even (the next gen episodes about two planets with drug addiction) it was seen as redemptive too.
For more lore grounding, I forget the guys name but the "father of soviet space medicine" who ran the laika experiments has great wuotes on the fear of the void.
And he insisted cosmonauts brought booze to space. Iirc theres pics of marijuana on the iss. Jungian stuff.