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Appendix II: The Religion of Dune
Theso-calledAncientTeachings—includingthosepreservedbytheZensunniWanderersfromthefirst,second,andthirdIslamicmovements;theNavachristianityofChusuk,theBuddislamicVariantsofthetypesdominantatLankiveilandSikun,theBlendBooksoftheMahayanaLankavatara,theZenHekiganshuofIIIDeltaPavonis,theTawrahandTalmudicZabursurvivingonSalusaSecundus,thepervasiveObeahRitual,theMuadhQuranwithitspureIlmandFiqhpreservedamongthepundiricefarmersofCaladan,theHinduoutcroppingsfoundallthroughtheuniverseinlittlepocketsofinsulatedpyons,andfinally,theButlerianJihad.
Thereisafifthforcewhichshapedreligiousbelief,butitseffectissouniversalandprofoundthatitdeservestostandalone.
Thisis,ofcourse,spacetravel—andinanydiscussionofreligion,itdeservestobewrittenthus:
SPACETRAVEL!
Mankind’smovementthroughdeepspaceplacedauniquestamponreligionduringtheonehundredandtencenturiesthatprecededtheButlerianJihad.Tobeginwith,earlyspacetravel,althoughwidespread,waslargelyunregulated,slow,anduncertain,and,beforetheGuildmonopoly,wasaccomplishedbyahodgepodgeofmethods.Thefirstspaceexperiences,poorlycommunicatedandsubjecttoextremedistortion,wereawildinducementtomysticalspeculation.
Immediately,spacegaveadifferentflavorandsensetoideasofCreation.
Thatdifferenceisseeneveninthehighestreligiousachievementsoftheperiod.
Allthroughreligion,thefeelingofthesacredwastouchedbyanarchyfromtheouterdark.
