To channel is to access and wield the One Power (i.e. to perform magic). A person who can channel is called a channeler. A major group of channelers are the Aes Sedai, which is an all-female organization.
Men who channel go mad due to a corruption of the One Power by the Dark One. The act of permanently cutting a person off from the One Power, and thus removing their ability to channel, is known as severing or gentling. The Aes Sedai find and gentle men who can channel to avoid another Breaking of the World.
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- Rand
- Egwene
- Mat
- — First use of the term channeler in the series, season 1 episode 2, Shadow's Waiting
If one of us is the, uh... the Dragon Reborn? The most powerful channeler that ever lived?
- Perrin
- — Perrin joking with Egwene, season 1 episode 3 A Place of Safety
If you wouldn't mind channeling us some food or water...
- Moiraine
- Liandrin
- — The Aes Sedai discuss Logain, season 1 episode 4 The Dragon Reborn
He's the same as any man who can channel, worse even.
- Moiraine
- — Discussing Nynaeve's channeling abilities in the Hall of the Tower, season 1 episode 6 The Flame of Tar Valon
I was unaware that she could channel.
- Aes Sedai instructor
- — The differences between men and women channeling, The Wheel of Time Origins season 1 episode 4 Saidin, Saidar, Stone
When men touch Saidin, it is wild and unwieldy, a raging torrent resisting. And after the Dark One corrupted Saidin, the madness is unavoidable. Tainted upstream, the two cannot be separated. When women touch the True Source with Saidar, we surrender and guide. In its gentleness, we find its infinite power. To master these waters will take time and practice.
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Moiraine channeling
Lady Amalisa's group channeling before a Trolloc army
The Seanchan channel a tidal wave
Season 2 poster, with red weaves channeling around Rand, and blue weaves channeling around Egwene and Nynaeve
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Trivia[]
- While several Aes Sedai, including Moiraine, are shown channeling in the first episode, the noun channeler is first used in the second episode, and the verb channeling is first used in the third episode.
- When Egwene channels, the soundtrack accompanies it with the sound of running water, like a river. This happened when Moiraine guided her channeling in season 1 episode 2 Shadow's Waiting, and when she channeled to free Perrin in episode 5 Blood Calls Blood. This is likely a reference or comparison to her drifting in the river in the first episode Leavetaking. The comparison for a woman channeling and calm river waters was also made in The Wheel of Time Origins episode Saidin, Saidar, Stone. This was also a comparison made throughout the book series.