"The Sleeper has Awaken"
We have an intern in our office who speaks Arabic. So I started asking her to translate a bunch of names from Dune by Frank Herbert. Dune is a great sci-fi book that builds an elaborate imperial court of Great Houses who fight for Supremacy and over the most importnat resource is the spice melange. A spice from the desert planet Arakis that allows people to fold space and time. Anyway, I started with Maud'Dib, Paul Atriedes the book's hero, choosen name among the Fremen, desert dwellers. It is also the name of a Constellation seen from Arakis, the name of a desert mouse, and for the Fremen it means "One who knows the Way." I love this book and it is pure geek heaven to me. So when I asked my intern for a translation of Maud'dib I was hoping that she would say something like, "Great Leader" or "Choosen One." Instead she came back with "The Lecturer." Super disappointment.
Bene Gesserit Prayer Against Fear-- "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
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creepy little girl: "And how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!"
what does that mean?
So the Kwisatz Haderach was the theory that a male messiah/superbeing can be created through selected breeding. The Kwisatz Haderach would be able to manipulate psace and time at will, he would see all futre possabilites and be able to manipulate time and space to realize one future. Paul Atredies after he successfully traansmutated the wtare of life becaise the Kwisatz Haderach.
yes I am this much of a massive dork.
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