Re: Using the saidin stored in the eye of the world

I think the quote actually went more like "all the women chanelling today
could not MAKE a spoonful of saidar", the assumption being that actually
having physical, liquid saidin or saidar is a very difficult thing to do,
requiring both halves of the one power. The fact that the creators of the
Eye died doing so seems to indicate that it's quite dangerous also.

And when RJ talks about saidin or saidar, he almost always uses 'river'
symbolism. I always pictured the flows of the power as being like water
through hose. and considering all the crazy things Rand did taking on two
forsaken as well as popping into Tarwin's gap to fry a number of
shadowspawn, I'd be more surprised that he ONLY used that much saidin.



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> > Hello everyone !! Its my first post, please bear with me.
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> > At the end of 'the eye of the world', Moiraine wonders whether Rand
> > used the saidin stored in the eye for the purpose intended by its
> > creators. It looks quite illogical that the Aes Sedai would go to such
> > great pains (finding relatively untouched male aes sedai, sacrificing
> > their lives, as witnessed by rand in rhuidean) just to provide the
> > means to kill forsaken.
> >
> > Any theories about what was the intended purpose of the saidin in the
> > eye? To reinforce the seals maybe?
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> Sorry to add a question to a question, but where did all that sadin go? I
> remember a mention regarding the meaning of 'amount' of the power in
> relation it being used up and it went something like 'all the women today
> channelling together could not use up a spoonful of saidar'.
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> Dose that ring a bell to anyone? And if that is the case then where did
all
> that sadin in the well go??
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