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Appendix II: The Religion of Dune
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Muad’Dib:“ReachforththyhandandeatwhatGodhasprovidedthee;andwhenthouarereplenished,praisetheLord.”
O.C.Bible:aparaphrasewithidenticalmeaning.(TheAzharBooktracesthisinslightlydifferentformtoFirstIslam.)
Muad’Dib:“Kindnessisthebeginningofcruelty.”
FremenKitabal-Ibar:“TheweightofakindlyGodisafearfulthing.DidnotGodgiveustheburningsun(Al-Lat)?DidnotGodgiveustheMothersofMoisture(ReverendMothers)?DidnotGodgiveusShaitan(Iblis,Satan)?FromShaitandidwenotgetthehurtfulnessofspeed?”
(ThisisthesourceoftheFremensaying:“SpeedcomesfromShaitan.”
Consider:foreveryonehundredcaloriesofheatgeneratedbyexercise[speed]thebodyevaporatesaboutsixouncesofperspiration.TheFremenwordforperspirationisbakkaortearsand,inonepronunciation,translates:“ThelifeessencethatShaitansqueezesfromyoursoul.”)
Muad’Dib’sarrivaliscalled“religiouslytimely”byKoneywell,buttiminghadlittletodowithit.AsMuad’Dibhimselfsaid:“Iamhere;so....”
Itis,however,vitaltoanunderstandingofMuad’Dib’sreligiousimpactthatyouneverlosesightofonefact:theFremenwereadesertpeoplewhoseentireancestrywasaccustomedtohostilelandscapes.Mysticismisn’tdifficultwhenyousurviveeachsecondbysurmountingopenhostility.“Youarethere—so....”
Withsuchatradition,sufferingisaccepted—perhapsasunconsciouspunishment,butaccepted.Andit’swelltonotethatFremenritualgivesalmostcompletefreedomfromguiltfeelings
