Book 22. (7 results) Dancer of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 16 | Some visit the temples, paying coins, buying incense and burning it, petitioning Priest-Kings for favors, such things as better crops and success in ventures, such things as luck for themselves and calamities for their enemies. |
| 17 | 17 | Gorean petitions to the Priest-Kings seem on the whole to be very specific, and very practical. |
| 17 | 18 | Most Goreans seem skeptical of an afterlife, or, at least, seem content to wait and see. |
| 17 | 19 | The only Gorean caste which, as far as I know, officially believes in an afterlife is that of the Initiates, and they believe in it, it seems, only for themselves, and seem to believe it is connected with such things as the performance of secret rites, the acquisition of secret knowledges, mostly mathematical, and the avoidance of certain foods. |
| 17 | 20 | Initiates commonly wear white and have their heads shaved. |
| 17 | 21 | They also, supposedly, and perhaps actually, on the whole, abstain from alcohol and women. |
| 17 | 22 | They count as one of the five high castes, the others being the Physicians, Scribes, Builders and Warriors. |
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Some visit the temples, paying coins, buying incense and burning it, petitioning Priest-Kings for favors, such things as better crops and success in ventures, such things as luck for themselves and calamities for their enemies.
Gorean petitions to the Priest-Kings seem on the whole to be very specific, and very practical.
Most Goreans seem skeptical of an afterlife, or, at least, seem content to wait and see.
The only Gorean caste which, as far as I know, officially believes in an afterlife is that of the Initiates, and they believe in it, it seems, only for themselves, and seem to believe it is connected with such things as the performance of secret rites, the acquisition of secret knowledges, mostly mathematical, and the avoidance of certain foods.
Initiates commonly wear white and have their heads shaved.
They also, supposedly, and perhaps actually, on the whole, abstain from alcohol and women.
They count as one of the five high castes, the others being the Physicians, Scribes, Builders and Warriors.
- (Dancer of Gor, Chapter )