Concepts Involving ka
Because of the importance of ka to the world of King's Dark Tower, many phrases in the High Speech use the word ka, such as:
- ka-babbies: young ka-tet members.
- ka-tet: a group of people bound together by destinies
- ka-mai: ka's fool.
- ka-me: ka's wiseman; the opposite of ka-mai.
- kas-ka: a prophet
- ka-shume: a feeling that death will come upon the tet
- te-ka: ka's friend.
- Can'-Ka No Rey: the red fields of none, where the Dark Tower lies.
- tet-ka can Gan: the navel (specifically, the navel of Gan).
- kas-ka Gan: singer of Gan's song/ prophet of Gan.
- ves-ka Gan: Song of the Turtle
Read more about this topic: Ka (Dark Tower)
Famous quotes containing the words concepts and/or involving:
“Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)
“What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in decision-making. . . . Involving the adolescent in decisions doesn’t mean that you are giving up your authority. It means acknowledging that the teenager is growing up and has the right to participate in decisions that affect his or her life.”
—Laurence Steinberg (20th century)