Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 55 | One way or another, he was determined that I should profit by his instruction. |
| 3 | 56 | Oddly enough, there was little religious instruction, other than to encourage awe of the priest-kings, and what there was, Torm refused to administer, insisting it was the province of the Initiates. |
| 3 | 57 | Religious matters on this world tend to be rather carefully guarded by the Caste of Initiates, who allow members of other castes little participation in their sacrifices and ceremonies. |
| 3 | 58 | I was given some prayers to the priest-kings to memorize, but they were in Old Gorean, a language cultivated by the Initiates but not spoken generally on the planet, and I never bothered to learn them. |
| 3 | 59 | To my delight, I learned that Torm, whose memory was phenomenal, had forgotten them years ago. |
| 3 | 60 | I sensed that a certain distrust existed between the Caste of Scribes and the Caste of Initiates. |
| 3 | 61 | The ethical teachings of Gor, which are independent of the claims and propositions of the Initiates, amount to little more than the Caste Codes—collections of sayings whose origins are lost in antiquity. |
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One way or another, he was determined that I should profit by his instruction.
Oddly enough, there was little religious instruction, other than to encourage awe of the priest-kings, and what there was, Torm refused to administer, insisting it was the province of the Initiates.
Religious matters on this world tend to be rather carefully guarded by the Caste of Initiates, who allow members of other castes little participation in their sacrifices and ceremonies.
I was given some prayers to the priest-kings to memorize, but they were in Old Gorean, a language cultivated by the Initiates but not spoken generally on the planet, and I never bothered to learn them.
To my delight, I learned that Torm, whose memory was phenomenal, had forgotten them years ago.
I sensed that a certain distrust existed between the Caste of Scribes and the Caste of Initiates.
The ethical teachings of Gor, which are independent of the claims and propositions of the Initiates, amount to little more than the Caste Codes—collections of sayings whose origins are lost in antiquity.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )