Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 312 | The crowd View more quotes about gasped">gasped. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 309 | "What weaklings they seem". |
| 2 | 310 | To the amazement of the crowd, at a sign from the High Initiate of Kassau, two lesser initiates opened the gate to the white rail. |
| 2 | 311 | Another Initiate, sleek, fat, his shaved head oiled, shining in the light of the candles, carrying a small golden vessel of thickened chrism went to each of the four men of Torvaldsland, making on their foreheads the sign of the Priest-Kings, the circle of eternity. |
| 2 | 312 | The crowd gasped. |
| 2 | 313 | It was incredible honor that was being shown to these men, that they might, themselves, on the platform of crossed spears, carry the body of Ivar Forkbeard, in death penitent, to the high steps of the great altar. |
| 2 | 314 | It was the chrism of temporary permission, which, in the teachings of Initiates, allows one not consecrated to the service of Priest-Kings to enter the sanctuary. |
| 2 | 315 | In a sense it is counted an anointing, though an inferior one, and of temporary efficacy. |
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"What weaklings they seem".
To the amazement of the crowd, at a sign from the High Initiate of Kassau, two lesser initiates opened the gate to the white rail.
Another Initiate, sleek, fat, his shaved head oiled, shining in the light of the candles, carrying a small golden vessel of thickened chrism went to each of the four men of Torvaldsland, making on their foreheads the sign of the Priest-Kings, the circle of eternity.
The crowd gasped.
It was incredible honor that was being shown to these men, that they might, themselves, on the platform of crossed spears, carry the body of Ivar Forkbeard, in death penitent, to the high steps of the great altar.
It was the chrism of temporary permission, which, in the teachings of Initiates, allows one not consecrated to the service of Priest-Kings to enter the sanctuary.
In a sense it is counted an anointing, though an inferior one, and of temporary efficacy.
- (Marauders of Gor)