ok so holy shit are the Bene Gesserit Jews?
-small highly educated/specialized sect
-matrilineal
-waiting for a savior; 'kwisatz haderach' (bro)
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: close to power, secret rituals, condemned as witches
note Fremen are clearly supposed to be arabs (who literally say 'jihad')
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Ok, I missed /that/!
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That said, clearly a lot of his world building started with mixing X & Y ("what if, in the future, Zen..... but also Sunni??"), and Bene Gesserit germinating as CIA Jewish Space Nuns seems likely enuff to me
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Having a hard time substantiating that one. The origins of the name appear Persian, and some of the practices may reflect other Ottoman influences.
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