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My point was that it's surprising only ONE Healing weave survived darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 11/02/2012 08:25:02 PM
Clearly there are a vast array of Healing weaves and various Talents in the area... So it is not a shock that at least some was lost. But it defies rational thinking that every scrap of Healng knowledge with the exception of one Weave was lost. Traveling is essentially one weave that requires a Talent and/or a level of strength that makes it reasonable to assume that it could have died out quickly during a time of upheaval. Healing on the other hand seems to have been an entire field of study during the AoL ... Certainly areas that require rare Talent or great Strength or specialized equipment would be lost, but to have the entirety of a Profession disappear seems more I plausible to me than the loss of Traveling. Especially when it is a field of study that would be critical in a cataclysmic event. Seems funny that the Printing Press survived the Breaking, but something as critical as the healthcare system devolved to what we would essentially think of as sticking leaches on someone to draw out disease.

We all understand the hows and whys of Nynaeve's discovery and that not all Sisters with the "standard" Talent will excell at the new weaves, but there have also been dozens of women who show great promise with the Weaves ... So this Talent is obviously not as rare as something like Dreaming or Fortelling, and clearly these new Weaves don't require massive Strength as many women are already using it. Not to mention during the Breaking with little if any education women likely were put in positions on an almost daily basis where the standard Weave would not be useful, or would kill someone ect... As the saying goes necessity is the mother of invention ... You'd think some woman along the way would have discovered alternative methods.

Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
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Re: How did Travelling become a lost Talent? - 03/02/2012 02:49:02 PM 755 Views
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Your theory is based on rather severely flawed assumptions - 04/02/2012 07:34:45 AM 1002 Views
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Re: Your theory is based on rather severely flawed assumptions - 04/02/2012 03:04:48 PM 852 Views
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Re: Your theory is based on rather severely flawed assumptions - 05/02/2012 12:00:05 AM 749 Views
Re: Your theory is based on rather severely flawed assumptions - 05/02/2012 04:05:57 AM 659 Views
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not to mention - 05/02/2012 07:16:59 PM 671 Views
Re: not to mention - 05/02/2012 08:50:50 PM 993 Views
Re: not to mention - 05/02/2012 09:33:40 PM 709 Views
Re: I don't see why people are having trouble believing Traveling was lost in the Breaking - 05/02/2012 07:39:51 PM 881 Views
Medical knowledge... - 06/02/2012 02:15:13 AM 594 Views
My point was that it's surprising only ONE Healing weave survived - 11/02/2012 08:25:02 PM 676 Views
Re: I don't see why people are having trouble believing Traveling was lost in the Breaking - 05/02/2012 09:11:04 PM 600 Views
Rant rant rant - 11/02/2012 08:26:56 PM 706 Views
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Re: Your theory is based on rather severely flawed assumptions - 05/02/2012 09:52:35 PM 766 Views
You really need to read the BWB sections regarding this - 14/02/2012 01:20:20 AM 591 Views
he needs to read it just to see it for his own eyes - 14/02/2012 02:46:44 AM 560 Views
Re: he needs to read it just to see it for his own eyes - 14/02/2012 10:15:46 PM 639 Views
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That I can agree with - 17/02/2012 05:46:49 AM 735 Views
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Quote found - 12/02/2012 01:35:58 AM 558 Views
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Re: How did Travelling become a lost Talent? - 13/02/2012 12:24:35 PM 732 Views
a few more other factors - 15/02/2012 08:22:02 PM 573 Views

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