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Evidence for this is that first of all, everything in the Land is in some way a manifest part of human nature, as has been more or less stated as such in the books. For instance, Lord Foul the Despiser is the manifestation of human self-despite (which is why he can't be killed - to quote Covenant: 'You can't kill Despite.'). More than this, as the series goes on we see the land feeding back into human minds on Earth, for instance creating a group of mad cultists in the real world that worship Lord Foul, and attempt to sacrifice Covenant to him.

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  • Evidence for this is that first of all, everything in the Land is in some way a manifest part of human nature, as has been more or less stated as such in the books. For instance, Lord Foul the Despiser is the manifestation of human self-despite (which is why he can't be killed - to quote Covenant: 'You can't kill Despite.'). More than this, as the series goes on we see the land feeding back into human minds on Earth, for instance creating a group of mad cultists in the real world that worship Lord Foul, and attempt to sacrifice Covenant to him.
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  • Evidence for this is that first of all, everything in the Land is in some way a manifest part of human nature, as has been more or less stated as such in the books. For instance, Lord Foul the Despiser is the manifestation of human self-despite (which is why he can't be killed - to quote Covenant: 'You can't kill Despite.'). More than this, as the series goes on we see the land feeding back into human minds on Earth, for instance creating a group of mad cultists in the real world that worship Lord Foul, and attempt to sacrifice Covenant to him. This also explains why the difference in the speed at which time flows in The Land versus the speed at which time flows in the 'real world' is never constant. You can't simply say that ten years in the real world is one hundred in the land, as it has been shown to wildly shift between twenty years being equal to about thirty, and a decade being equal to millennia. However, if the nature of the human subconscious as a whole determines the nature of the land, then the rate of change in the general human subconscious determines the rate at which time flows in the Land. Some humans may also be more strongly linked than others, perhaps even with anyone holding White Gold being the most influential ( as evidenced by Joan's insanity causing temporal distortions in The Land from her bed in a psychiatric unit, while she was holding her Wedding Ring ). * "Twenty years being equal to about thirty"? Where? I think it has been established that 1 day in the real world = 1 year in the Land (give or take some, as the seasons don't correspond to any specific times of day). A decade in the real world has been shown to be roughly 3500 years in the Land, which is the time gap between each of the sub-series. From the start of the caesures in the Land, we can calculate that Linden gave Joan her ring back some 100 days before the start of the Last Chronicles, which fits with everything else. It all fits together (save for times of day and seasons).
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