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Dammit Frank, I just noticed this:

Kwisatz Haderach / Kefitzat Haderech

Kefitzat Haderech... means, verbatim, "jumping of the path/road/way", a Hebrew equivalent of the English expression "short cut"....In Torah study and Jewish folklore, kefitzat haderech is the ability to jump instantaneously from one place to another or travel with unnatural speed. The term is originally found in Midrashim to explain anomalies of travel in the Hebrew Bible

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefitzat_Haderech

>> No.548242

what's this got to do with Dune

>> No.548246

Yeah, Dune is all inspired by his middle east studies.

The Zen'sunni?
The Zen'shiism?

>> No.548255
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>> No.548264

I didn't like Dune. It was too dry.

>> No.548265

>>548242
yes....if only the Dune books mentioned some kind of "path"....

>> No.548272

>>548246
Jews apparently still exist in the Dune universe, how do they feel about this stealing their folklore....or are they behind it all??? omg jews run the Dune universe

>> No.548278

>>548272
Now you know who the Ordos are.

>> No.548309

>>548264
iseewhatyoudidthere.jpeg

>>548265
uhhh... the spice lets you fold space? "travelling without movement," remember? Please, think before you post in the future.

I found this post very informative. Thank you, OP

>> No.548429

>>548264
I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to take this as a terrible pun or not.

Agreed, though. Paul really irritated me as well for some reason, didn't end up finishing it.

>> No.548458

>>548309
>>548265
>>uhhh... the spice lets you fold space? "travelling without movement," remember? Please, think before you post in the future.

it does not. Not in the books, anyway. it allows navigators to see into the future and pick the best course. It's the engines that fold space

>> No.548470

>>548272
And they live in the Dune universe the same way they do today, as parasites.