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ealing the Taint

by Tim Sykes: 2000-04-21 | Not yet rated

Before Winter's Heart - Archive Only: The Taint of Saidar and Saidin

The question i wish to pose is, is there going to be an attempt to heal the source by Rand in the next few books? The world of channeling has been set into chaos, it seems, by the use of the bowl of winds and Rand is either feeling the affects of this or is going gaga. (i refer, of course, to the double vison and the more potent sick feeling in his stomach). It seems clear to me that the references to the source by Rand, and hence by Jordan, in PoD strongly indicate that Rand believes he knows how to heal the male half of the true source. He also repeatedly says that he must speak with Nynaeve (the best HEALER since the AoL) coincidence?... The immediacy of the problem with the "eagerness" of the true source and the difficulty in its current use leads me to speculate that the cleansing attempt will be made in the next book or so. This theory rather depends on whether the theories on the taint and the seals in true or not. My own feeling on the taint is that when the DO made his last conterstroke against LT and the 100 a bit of the True power became mixed with Saidin. then the seals locked him away. Thus Saidin is merely impure and requires healing. i.e. nothing to do with the seals in any way. This, i believe, will allow Rand with callandor linked with 11 weomen and 1 man with the two large sa'angreal and Nynaeve leading the circle to "cleanse" the True power from Saidin. Please reply and tell me what you think.
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Tamyrlin: 2000-04-21

Good thoughts, although I still am not convinced that the seals have nothing to do with the taint. The voice in Rand's head telling him to break the seals, the actual placing of the seals going right along with the placement of the taint, and Fel's letter to Rand. Breaking the seals removes the taint. Break the seals.