In the series Wheel of Time, is it discussed how the sides of the True Source, saidin and saidar, work together?
On a similar note: what happens when they do? Would the male taint of saidin have any bearing on such a weave? If so, what type of effect?
If the question is: When a man and a woman link, how do weaves happen, then the answer is two-fold:
The person who is guiding the flows either uses their power (saidin/saidar), and the opposite power naturally reinforces their weave, or, they can channel saidin and saidar simultaneously and independently [if they know how].
During the
cleansing of saidin
Rand channeled both Saidin and Saidar to achieve his purpose. However, with Perrin, Neald explained that saidar merely reinforced his channeling of saidin. In another instance, Semirhage had to remember how a certain effect was created by Saidin when using the domination band, which indicates that she had directly channelled Saidin herself [the domination band didn't exist in the AoL]
This can be explained by the fact that knowing how to work one of the powers doesn't provide the same expertise in the other, as all of the weaves, mechanisms, and even basic channeling are different. But as a woman, for example, if you are linked to a man, you can channel Saidin directly if you have learned how to do it. However, the reinforcement method requires no knowledge of the other power. Androl became much stronger in the power when linked to Pevara, even though the amount of Saidin he could channel was a trickle.
They weren't exactly used together. Supposedly the best link is 2 women, 1 man with one of the women controlling the flows, but both saidar and saidin have limitations, that disappear when a man and woman link. in one of the earlier books it mentions that linked, a man and woman are 10x strong, not 2x.
