Religions (Dune)
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Religion represents an important aspect of the setting of the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. Many of the names of religions mentioned in the novels indicate they are hybrids of current belief systems, some syncretic.
According to Appendix II: The Religion of Dune in the novel Dune, after the Butlerian Jihad the Bene Gesserit composed the Azhar Book, a "bibliographic marvel that preserves the great secrets of the most ancient faiths." Soon after, a group made up of the leaders of many religions (calling itself the Commission of Ecumenical Translators) created the Orange Catholic Bible, the key religious text of the Dune universe, which "contains elements of most ancient religions"[1].
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[edit] Buddislam
A cover term for a group of religions formed various denominations of Buddhism and Islam.
[edit] Zenshiism
A hybrid of the religious principles of Zen (a school of Mahayana Buddhism) and Shia Islam. The Zenshiites are mostly discussed in the Legends of Dune and Prelude to Dune prequel trilogies written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
[edit] Zensufism
A hybrid of Zen and Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism. Frank Herbert includes quotes from the Zensufi in Chapterhouse: Dune in the form of epigraphs:
- The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. We feel threatened by such demands. "I already know the important things!" we say. Then Changer comes and throws our old ideas away. — The Zensufi Master
- Uproot your questions from their ground and the dangling roots will be seen. More questions! — Mentat Zensufi admonition
[edit] Zensunni
A hybrid of principles of Zen and Sunni Islam; it has also been referred to as Zensunni Catholicism[2].
[edit] Mahayana Christianity
A hybrid of Mahayana Buddhism and Christianity.
[edit] Mahayana Lankavatara
[edit] Maometh Saari
[edit] Muadru
The Legends of Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson notes that Muadru is an ancient religion predating the Old Empire before the Time of the Titans. Its prophetic writings are used out of context by Iblis Ginjo during the Butlerian Jihad; there is also some indication that the Muadru and the Cogitors were of the same origination.
[edit] Navachristianity
[edit] Zen Hekiganshu
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