00x04 - Origins: Saidin, Saidar, Stone

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Born in the Spine of the World,

its waters flow almost
entirely unimpeded

until it finds itself here,

when the island of Tar Valon

splits the mighty River
Erinin into two halves.

Thousands of years ago,

long before the walls of our great
city were raised by Ogier hands,

there existed a great era of humanity.

The Age of Legends was
a time of advancement.

Philosophy, science, technology...

What little knowledge
survived the Breaking

alludes to incredible progress.

Society benefited through
true collaboration

as Female and Male Aes
Sedai worked together

with each half of the One Power.

Saidar and Saidin.

Woman and man.

Halves of the whole.

Two paths from the same
source, the True Source.

When men touch Saidin,
it is wild and unwieldy,

a raging torrent resisting.

And after the Dark One corrupted Saidin,

the madness is unavoidable.

Tainted upstream, the
two cannot be separated.

When women touch the
True Source with Saidar,

we surrender and guide.

In its gentleness, we
find its infinite power.

To master these waters will
take time and practice.

My daughters, let us begin.

Empty yourself of your thoughts.

The only thing in your mind is
the bud of the flower. Only that.

You can see every detail, every
vein, every leaf, every curve...

Feel it, know it.

You and the bud are one.