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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)

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2 16 In the northern villages, and in the forest towns, and northward on the coast, the women do not veil themselves, as is common in the cities to the south.
2 17 Kassau is the seat of the High Initiate of the north, who claims spiritual sovereignty over Torvaldsland, which is commonly taken to commence with the thinning of the trees northward.
2 18 This claim, like many of those of Initiates, is disputed by few, and ignored by most.
2 19 The men of Torvaldsland, on the whole, I knew, while tending to respect priest-kings, did not accord them special reverence.
2 20 They held to old gods, and old ways.
2 21 The religion of the priest-kings, institutionalized and ritualized by the caste of Initiates, had made little headway among the primitive men to the north.
2 22 It had, however, taken hold in many towns, such as Kassau.
In the northern villages, and in the forest towns, and northward on the coast, the women do not veil themselves, as is common in the cities to the south. Kassau is the seat of the High Initiate of the north, who claims spiritual sovereignty over Torvaldsland, which is commonly taken to commence with the thinning of the trees northward. This claim, like many of those of Initiates, is disputed by few, and ignored by most. The men of Torvaldsland, on the whole, I knew, while tending to respect priest-kings, did not accord them special reverence. They held to old gods, and old ways. The religion of the priest-kings, institutionalized and ritualized by the caste of Initiates, had made little headway among the primitive men to the north. It had, however, taken hold in many towns, such as Kassau. - (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )