New look. Prolly won’t stay this way. Comments still exist; they’re just not being counted for some reason. Also need to restore people’s registrations. Work in progress, etc etc.
UPDATE: Everything restored & working. Cheers for your comments.
Especially in pre-literate cultures, knowledge was once thought sacred and powerful. It was the rightful property of priests or priest-kings. It was given only to selected initiates. Knowledge of the world, and of the words that manipulated it, was personal. Personal trust in the speaker was therefore an indispensible part of knowing something.