I thought the two dots weren't in the WoT symbols, but sheer force of habit had me include them. Still, I wonder if the DO is somehow "wrapped around" saidin and saidar, and if that plays a part in everything.
Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful and insightful comments, DomA
Thanks, as always, for your thoughtful and insightful comments, DomA
the Tao and the Aes Sedai symbol.
There is no line, nor dots of the opposite colour in Jordan's symbol.
There is no need for the line, as his two halves cannot mix. A line surrounding the symbol would make this a symbol for Creation and suggest there's something outside, but Jordan doesn't have this line. The symbol specifically excludes any reference to the DO (which the AS didn't even know about before the Bore).
The dots in the tao are linked to harmony/balance of the opposites, they aren't relevant to Jordan's symbolism. It's the two halves as a whole that create this harmony, it doesn't come from a minor saidin/male aspect in the saidar/female aspect and vice-versa.
Jordan also inverted the colours, black for male and white for female.
It doesn't mean the DO and the Creator aren't complementary and opposed, but the Aes Sedai symbol doesn't represent that. It couldn't - the DO is trying to destroy/corrupt Creation, it's nothing like the relationship of saidin to saidar.
There is no line, nor dots of the opposite colour in Jordan's symbol.
There is no need for the line, as his two halves cannot mix. A line surrounding the symbol would make this a symbol for Creation and suggest there's something outside, but Jordan doesn't have this line. The symbol specifically excludes any reference to the DO (which the AS didn't even know about before the Bore).
The dots in the tao are linked to harmony/balance of the opposites, they aren't relevant to Jordan's symbolism. It's the two halves as a whole that create this harmony, it doesn't come from a minor saidin/male aspect in the saidar/female aspect and vice-versa.
Jordan also inverted the colours, black for male and white for female.
It doesn't mean the DO and the Creator aren't complementary and opposed, but the Aes Sedai symbol doesn't represent that. It couldn't - the DO is trying to destroy/corrupt Creation, it's nothing like the relationship of saidin to saidar.
How can Rand repair the bore? More importantly, what forms the boundary of the Wheel itself?
- 25/06/2010 01:00:35 AM
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Re: How can Rand repair the bore? More importantly, what forms the boundary of the Wheel itself?
- 25/06/2010 04:18:42 AM
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Mierin thought they had found a new source of power, not of THE power.
- 25/06/2010 05:40:27 PM
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Re: Mierin thought they had found a new source of power, not of THE power.
- 30/06/2010 03:18:32 AM
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Here's a theory I had posted on wotmania
- 25/06/2010 06:16:07 AM
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I told you this about 4 years ago, but your nickname is AWESOME *NM*
- 25/06/2010 01:21:24 PM
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Aiel Reluctance to Enter T'A'R in the flesh
- 25/06/2010 02:12:01 PM
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The Aiel's insistance is not baseless. They know why they say it is evil.
- 25/06/2010 06:01:08 PM
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You might be right, but the other idea is far more interesting. *NM*
- 25/06/2010 10:18:37 PM
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Slayer seems quite inhuman and he's been in TAR in the flesh a lot
- 26/06/2010 04:29:24 AM
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true, but he's also be transformed in some unknown way. Not sure he really counts as human
- 26/06/2010 05:46:46 PM
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My idea
- 25/06/2010 09:37:32 AM
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Re: My idea
- 25/06/2010 06:44:31 PM
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The very name "Bore"...
- 26/06/2010 07:25:22 AM
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Actually I think he pretty much backed DomA's opinion
- 26/06/2010 08:30:42 AM
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Well, as said, I disagree. 
- 26/06/2010 08:43:40 AM
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- 26/06/2010 08:43:40 AM
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Well here's what I think
- 26/06/2010 11:18:33 AM
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Look...
- 26/06/2010 11:43:25 AM
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Re: Look...
- 26/06/2010 01:04:53 PM
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That's wrong...
- 26/06/2010 01:26:25 PM
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You're ignoring basic facts
- 26/06/2010 02:44:38 PM
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Again...
- 26/06/2010 02:53:05 PM
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Re: Again...
- 26/06/2010 03:30:20 PM
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No, the Bore was drilled through that specific thinness in the Pattern.
- 26/06/2010 03:54:51 PM
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Yeah....
- 26/06/2010 04:54:50 PM
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After reading through the back and forth, I am convinced of this:
- 26/06/2010 05:33:21 PM
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Re: After reading through the back and forth, I am convinced of this:
- 27/06/2010 06:20:32 PM
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Maybe they can plug the Bore with garbage like British Petroleum. 
*NM*
- 25/06/2010 05:43:41 PM
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*NM*
- 25/06/2010 05:43:41 PM
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Re: How can Rand repair the bore? More importantly, what forms the boundary of the Wheel itself?
- 25/06/2010 05:59:38 PM
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Re: How can Rand repair the bore? More importantly, what forms the boundary of the Wheel itself?
- 25/06/2010 06:55:28 PM
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me too !
- 25/06/2010 10:34:41 PM
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It sounds similar to one of the noisy environmental problem in RJ's time
- 27/06/2010 02:22:27 AM
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Re: How can Rand repair the bore? More importantly, what forms the boundary of the Wheel itself?
- 25/06/2010 11:27:18 PM
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I always figured Egwene and Rand would have to work together.
- 29/06/2010 08:26:45 PM
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Re: I always figured Egwene and Rand would have to work together.
- 29/06/2010 10:17:59 PM
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Maybe saidar and saidin, woven together properly, form something else?
- 01/07/2010 11:50:40 PM
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