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Appendix II: The Religion of Dune
ItwasasthoughJupiterinallhisdescendantformsretreatedintothematernaldarknesstobesupersededbyafemaleimmanencefilledwithambiguityandwithafaceofmanyterrors.
Theancientformulaeintertwined,tangledtogetherastheywerefittedtotheneedsofnewconquestsandnewheraldicsymbols.Itwasatimeofstrugglebetweenbeast-demonsontheonesideandtheoldprayersandinvocationsontheother.
Therewasneveracleardecision.
Duringthisperiod,itwassaidthatGenesiswasreinterpreted,permittingGodtosay:
“Increaseandmultiply,andfilltheuniverse,andsubdueit,andruleoverallmannerofstrangebeastsandlivingcreaturesintheinfiniteairs,ontheinfiniteearthsandbeneaththem.”
Itwasatimeofsorceresseswhosepowerswerereal.Themeasureofthemisseeninthefacttheyneverboastedhowtheygraspedthefirebrand.
ThencametheButlerianJihad—twogenerationsofchaos.Thegodofmachine-logicwasoverthrownamongthemassesandanewconceptwasraised:
“Manmaynotbereplaced.”
Thosetwogenerationsofviolencewereathalamicpauseforallhumankind.
Menlookedattheirgodsandtheirritualsandsawthatbothwerefilledwiththatmostterribleofallequations:fearoverambition.
Hesitantly,theleadersofreligionswhosefollowershadspilledthebloodofbillionsbeganmeetingtoexchangeviews.ItwasamoveencouragedbytheSpacingGuild,whichwasbeginningtobuilditsmonopolyoverallinterstellartravel,andbytheBeneGesseritwhowerebandingthesorceresses.
Outofthosefirstecumenicalmeetingscametwomajordevelopments:1.
