Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 1189 | The caste of Initiates, it is said, act as the intermediaries between Priest-Kings and men, appointing festivals, prophesying, uttering oracles, accepting offerings, selling blessings, performing sacrifices, and such. |
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Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 8 | 1186 | Strictly, a "barbarian," I have been given to understand, is one whose native tongue is not Gorean, a language spoken pervasively but not universally on your world. |
| 8 | 1187 | The pervasiveness of Gorean on your world, as I understand it, has something to do with your gods, the Priest-Kings, laired in the Sardar Mountains. |
| 8 | 1188 | These beings, it seems, encourage Gorean, perhaps that they might the more conveniently make known their will on this world. |
| 8 | 1189 | The caste of Initiates, it is said, act as the intermediaries between Priest-Kings and men, appointing festivals, prophesying, uttering oracles, accepting offerings, selling blessings, performing sacrifices, and such. |
| 8 | 1190 | Much remains unclear, however, as I understand it, concerning the actual relationship, if any, between the Initiates and the Priest-Kings. |
| 8 | 1191 | It is clear, however, that the Priest-Kings are not to be taken lightly. |
| 8 | 1192 | Violations of their weapon, transportation, and communication laws are often, when discovered, followed by sanctions of fearsome import, the destructions of cities, the seizures and flingings of tides, the melting of mountains, the geysers and floodings of fiery magma, inexplicable bursts of flame, and such. |
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Strictly, a "barbarian," I have been given to understand, is one whose native tongue is not Gorean, a language spoken pervasively but not universally on your world.
The pervasiveness of Gorean on your world, as I understand it, has something to do with your gods, the Priest-Kings, laired in the Sardar Mountains.
These beings, it seems, encourage Gorean, perhaps that they might the more conveniently make known their will on this world.
The caste of Initiates, it is said, act as the intermediaries between Priest-Kings and men, appointing festivals, prophesying, uttering oracles, accepting offerings, selling blessings, performing sacrifices, and such.
Much remains unclear, however, as I understand it, concerning the actual relationship, if any, between the Initiates and the Priest-Kings.
It is clear, however, that the Priest-Kings are not to be taken lightly.
Violations of their weapon, transportation, and communication laws are often, when discovered, followed by sanctions of fearsome import, the destructions of cities, the seizures and flingings of tides, the melting of mountains, the geysers and floodings of fiery magma, inexplicable bursts of flame, and such.
- (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 8)