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Re:3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized and Made Freel... by logfromblammo on Friday January 26, 2018 @02:28PM (#16242138)
To relate to another current event, Le Guin's Wizard of Earthsea, Ged, was a virgin, and lost his power after he wasn't. Or at least that's how I remember it. I read the series a long time ago.
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Re:3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized and Made Freel... by sampo on Friday January 26, 2018 @03:32PM (#16242631)
> and lost his power after he wasn't

This is not true. In The Farthest Shore, Ged lost his powers by using them all to ...well to do some huge deed. Not going to specifics in order to avoid too much spoilers.

The "present day" Earthsea wizards practiced celibasy, but it was more a belief or tradition, like Catholic priests.

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