Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 49 | 50 | View more quotes about perhaps">Perhaps this was because only relatively unimportant matters, mundane matters, were at hand. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 49 | 47 | The awesomeness of the caste of Initiates is further enhanced by the fact that they refrain from sex, devote themselves to mathematical studies, and eschew meat and beans. |
| 49 | 48 | Some Initiates dabble in signs, omens, and such, the formations of clouds, the flights of birds, the eating habits of sacred fowl, the livers of sacrificial animals, and so on, but that work, which commonly pays less well, is usually surrendered to augurs, haruspices, and such. |
| 49 | 49 | In any event, there were no Initiates present. |
| 49 | 50 | Perhaps this was because only relatively unimportant matters, mundane matters, were at hand. |
| 49 | 51 | Initiates do sometimes have, however, a certain political power in various municipalities, largely in virtue of their influence on the lower castes, in virtue of their hints, warnings, demands, exhortations, denunciations, and so on. |
| 49 | 52 | It seems they have occasionally toppled Ubars. |
| 49 | 53 | In any event, whatever one thinks of Initiates, many of them, particularly in the larger, urban temples, make a good living at their business. |
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The awesomeness of the caste of Initiates is further enhanced by the fact that they refrain from sex, devote themselves to mathematical studies, and eschew meat and beans.
Some Initiates dabble in signs, omens, and such, the formations of clouds, the flights of birds, the eating habits of sacred fowl, the livers of sacrificial animals, and so on, but that work, which commonly pays less well, is usually surrendered to augurs, haruspices, and such.
In any event, there were no Initiates present.
Perhaps this was because only relatively unimportant matters, mundane matters, were at hand.
Initiates do sometimes have, however, a certain political power in various municipalities, largely in virtue of their influence on the lower castes, in virtue of their hints, warnings, demands, exhortations, denunciations, and so on.
It seems they have occasionally toppled Ubars.
In any event, whatever one thinks of Initiates, many of them, particularly in the larger, urban temples, make a good living at their business.
- (Plunder of Gor)