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The Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fiear is the little death that brings total obilteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

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Anonymous said…
"Obilteration"? I guess Bene couldn't spell! What could you expect from someone who grew up with nothing but worms and sand?

Do you think Herbert was a frustrated liquid chromatographer who used the metaphor of worms for columns and sand for stationary phase and water for mobile phase?

Just a thought!
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