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Afterword by Brian Herbert
DepartmentofAgricultureprojectthere,inwhichthegovernmenthadsuccessfullyplantedpovertygrassesonthecrestsofsanddunes,tokeepthemfrominundatinghighways.Heintendedtocallthearticle“TheyStoppedtheMovingSands,”butsoonrealizedthathehadamuchbiggerstoryonhishands.
FrankHerbert’slifeexperiencesarelayeredintothepagesoftheDuneseries,combinedwithaneclecticassortmentoffascinatingideasthatsprangfromhisresearches.Amongotherthings,theDuneuniverseisaspiritualmeltingpot,afarfutureinwhichreligiousbeliefshavecombinedintointerestingforms.
DiscerningreaderswillrecognizeBuddhism,SufiMysticismandotherIslamicbeliefsystems,Catholicism,Protestantism,Judaism,andHinduism.IntheSanFranciscoBayArea,myfatherevenknewZenMasterAlanWatts,wholivedonanoldferryboat.Daddrewonavarietyofreligiousinfluences,withoutadheringtoanyoneofthem.Consistentwiththis,thestatedpurposeoftheCommissionofEcumenicalTranslators,asdescribedinanappendixtoDune,wastoeliminateargumentsbetweenreligions,eachofwhichclaimedtohave“theoneandonlyrevelation.”
Whenhewasaboy,eightofDad’sIrishCatholicauntstriedtoforceCatholicismonhim,butheresisted.Instead,thisbecamethegenesisoftheBeneGesseritSisterhood.Thisfictionalorganizationwouldclaimitdidnotbelieveinorganizedreligion,butthesisterswerespiritualnonetheless.Bothmyfatherandmotherwerelikethataswell.
Duringthe1950s,FrankHerbertwasapoliticalspeechwriterandpublicitywriterforU.S.
