On Dec 19, 5:04 pm, vecki <vecst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > I will cut to the chase since the readers of this forum likely know
> > > all the theories on LTT and I am a pretty recent sign up.
>
> > > I believe that the voice of Lews Therin in Rand's head is at least
in
> > > part a function of him entering bodily into Tel'aran'rhiod. The
wise
> > > ones have said many times that to do so would cause the person to
lose
> > > part of their soul. While Robert Jordan did state that Rand has one
> > > soul and two personalities, I think the second personality is in
part
> > > created by a portion of himself being removed upon entering T'A'R.
>
> > > Note that no other male channelers can hear voices of dead men
telling
> > > them things from the age of legends, and no other reborn heroes are
> > > supposed to know about their previous lives (despite evidence shown
by
> > > Mat, Egwene, Nyneave, and Elayne, but I digress). Obviously all the
> > > knowledge is retained from these dead heroes SOMEWHERE, otherwise
> > > Brigette would not remember all her previous lives when she is in
> > > T'A'R or when she is thrust from the pattern. Whether it is
retained
> > > in Rand and unlocked by the the 'in the flesh' trips to T'A'R, or
> > > retained in T'A'R and impressed upon him to fill in the gaps of
> > > himself that are lost upon entering T'A'R in the flesh, it is the
same
> > > end.
>
> > Egwene entered T'A'R in the flesh. She has no voices speaking to her.
>
> > Several male Forsaken (and female?) have entered T'A'R in the flesh.
> > No mention of other voices speaking to them.
>
> > OTOH, Rand has both his soul and that of The Dragon in him. Hmm. Could
> > that be the source of the other voice?
>
> > Also, Rand heard LTT before he went after Rahvin in tFoH, which is
> > when he entered T'A'R in the flesh for the first time. Right? That one
> > I can't recall as well as the other points.
>
> > -Aaron- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Second time. He went in in TDR when he was chasing Ishy, but didn't
> know where he was or exactly how he got there. The LTT voice first
> manifests onscreen in tFoH but I got the feeling it had started
> offscreen in the time between TSR and tFoH.
Or perhaps even in TDR, on his journey to Tear...he does seem a bit
mad there, and talking to himself a bit...
At any rate, it is because he has LTTs soul in him. Others went in the
flesh, as I said, and they don't hear voices.
> vecki
-Aaron


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