Gentling is %%quote "the act, performed by [Aes Sedai], of shutting off a male who can channel from the One Power...A man who has been gentled can still sense the True Source, but he cannot touch it." ([The Eye of the World],Glossary) %% Stilling is %%quote "the act, performed by [Aes Sedai], of shutting off a female who can channel from the One Power...A woman who has been stilled can still sense the True Source, but she cannot touch it." ([The Eye of the World],Glossary) %% ! References (Possible Spoilers) %%collapse * In [The Shadow Rising] ** [TSR,Ch5] - Stilling cannot be [Healed|Weaves]. Women who are stilled seldom live more than a few years. * In [The Fires of Heaven] ** [TFoH,Ch6] - In the [Age of Legends] it was called severing. [Lanfear] tells [Rand] that [Asmodean] severed his own mother. * In [Lord of Chaos] ** [LoC,Prologue] - In the [Age of Legends], it was referred to as severing. * IN [A Crown of Swords] ** [ACoS,Prologue] - [Alviarin] does not believe that stilled women can ever survive for long. ** [ACoS,Ch25] - [Moghedien] recalls the being severed is supposed to be the deepest pain one can know. * In [Crossroads of Twilight] ** [CoT,Ch23] - [Cadsuane] helped [Emarin] survive ten years after he was gentled. %%