Now this is a fairly new theory and I haven't yet had time to investigate it, but I will. I believe that I know why saidin is tainted. Everyone knows it was the Dark One's counter stroke at the sealing of the bore, but what exactly was this counter s...

this is my theory, to cleanse saidin think back to the EoTW. the eye itself is a pure version of saidin made by male and female aes sedai during the madness. Moiraine said that they killed themselves in the process but it was necessary. With this new...

I believe that if rand removes the taint from saidan many of the peple in the black tower will die. I say this because without the balancing weight of the taint many will draw to much and burn themselves out....

When they had the plan of using that black collar to control rand the problem with it was that the taint would leak into the woman controlling rand (or any male channeler for that matter) Now how does this apply to alanna(whatever her name is) the ae...

Explanation: Saidar and saidin are related. Two halves and all this. So if you "spoil" one, you spoil the other. The woman don't turn mad, but the are growing lesser: Less channelers, and less powerful. Let's look at the facts: The Forsaken were amom...

I don't think it really is. Stop and think: firstly to use Sadin you must battle with it rather then let it envelop you like Saidar. Is this evough to drive some people mad after a while? I think it could. The madness of the hundred companions could ...

Saidin is tainted. The taint causes the male channelers to go mad and then to begin rotting alive. Verin mentions this in The Great Hunt and Rand dreams that the flesh on his hands has rotted away and the bones are visible in The Shadow Rising. Saida...

I think that saidar is not tainted-only saidin is tainted, because only males made the strike at Shayol Ghul. However, I agree with some things in the posting-during the Age of Legends, Aes Sedai probably married Aes Sedai, with a few exceptions. Thi...

Here's the thing. Is the male half tainted? Oh yeah. What I think is, it's because The Dark Dude is hiding in it. You see, I believe that if there really was a hole in his prison, why would he still be in it for Lewis Therin to seal him up? Think abo...

After the drilling of the Bore, the Dark One's access to the world was just through the Bore (Obvious). However, good old Lewis sealed the Bore. How is the Dark One touching the world again? Using a metaphor I have read on this site. Imagine that the...

I believe that the taint is tied up with the seals,,,,as the seals break and weaken,,,the taint is starting to go away,,notice how none of the ashman have gone completelt nuts,,,,according to the guide,, most men who could channel immediately went be...

The WoT series is a very complex story, but at its heart is the eternal battle of good vs. bad, light vs. darkness, etc. This battle is symbolized in our society by the yin-yang. Now, we all know that one half represents male, and the other female fo...

The reduced numbers of channelers just might have something to do with the fact that the population of the world has dropped a bit. In AoL it must have been about 5-6 billion people(as in our modern world today). In the 3.age its perhaps under 200 mi...

Rand has been talking for some time about cleansing the taint. LTT seems to be terified by the prospect of attempting this. Rand knows that the only sa'angreal left, (after he discovers the flaw in Callandor) which could do this is the statue. Howeve...

Well, I am not sure if this has ever been posted, but here is my idea about cleansing the taint. It all goes back to FoH or thereabouts when Egwene has a dream about Rand stepping on, and breaking all of the Cuellendar seals. It occurred to me: what ...

The question i wish to pose is, is there going to be an attempt to heal the source by Rand in the next few books? The world of channeling has been set into chaos, it seems, by the use of the bowl of winds and Rand is either feeling the affects of thi...

Okay, this is the first time in a really long while that I've been on the net for WoT, and the first time that I've been here. Also, I don't really have anyone to bounce theories off, plus it's been awhiles since my last run through of the series, bu...

Everyone thought that the taint on Saidin was a "Counter-stroke" from the Dark One, in revenge for the male Aes Sedai re-sealing him in his prison. Not so. The Dark one did what anyone one would have done, if they were being locked up for eternity......