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Appendix III. Report on Bene Gesserit Motivesand Purposes
WhentheHarkonnensandthesoldier-fanaticsofthePadishahEmperorreoccupiedArrakis,killingPaul’sfatherandmostoftheAtreidestroops,Paulandhismotherdisappeared.ButalmostimmediatelytherewerereportsofanewreligiousleaderamongtheFremen,amancalledMuad’Dib,whoagainwashailedas“thevoicefromtheouterworld.”ThereportsstatedclearlythathewasaccompaniedbyanewReverendMotheroftheSayyadinaRite“whoisthewomanwhoborehim.”RecordsavailabletotheBeneGesseritstatedinplaintermsthattheFremenlegendsoftheProphetcontainedthesewords:“HeshallbebornofaBeneGesseritwitch.”
(ItmaybearguedherethattheBeneGesseritsenttheirMissionariaProtectivaontoArrakiscenturiesearliertoimplantsomethinglikethislegendassafeguardshouldanymembersoftheschoolbetrappedthereandrequire
sanctuary,andthatthislegendof“thevoicefromtheouterworld”wasproperlytobeignoredbecauseitappearedtobethestandardBeneGesseritruse.ButthiswouldbetrueonlyifyougrantedthattheBeneGesseritwerecorrectinignoringtheothercluesaboutPaul-Muad’Dib.)
5.WhentheArrakisAffairboiledup,theSpacingGuildmadeoverturestotheBeneGesserit.TheGuildhintedthatitsnavigators,whousethespicedrugofArrakistoproducethelimitedpresciencenecessaryforguidingspaceshipsthroughthevoid,were“botheredaboutthefuture”orsaw“problemsonthehorizon.”Thiscouldonlymeantheysawanexus,ameetingplaceofcountlessdelicatedecisions,beyondwhichthepathwashiddenfromtheprescienteye
