Who are the Bene Gesserit of Dune?

Dune It is full of mysterious characters and organizations, but few are as important and secretive as the Bene Gesserit order, to which Jessica, Paul’s mother, belongs. While the movie reveals some of its secrets, it doesn’t get to the bottom of the all-female cult. Fortunately, Frank Herbert’s original Dune The novel has a lot of information on them, in case you want to know more about Lady Jessica and her organization of psychic space nuns who fuck.

[Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for the Dune novel and the Dune Part 1 movie, it may also contain spoilers for sections of the unannounced second movie.]

Who are the Bene Gesserit?

The Bene Gesserit are a secret organization of women who quietly control and shape political events throughout the universe. They are specially trained to have unique powers (essentially psychic), which allow them to command others with their voice, fight incredibly well, and manipulate parts of their own physiology.

The Bene Gesserit have a complex hierarchy, but the most important roles to be known are the Sisters and the Reverend Mothers. Bene Gesserit sisters receive training and perform certain tasks within the order, including conceiving children with specific fathers. The Reverend Mothers, the leaders and elders of the organization, receive the same training, but also drink a special super-strong version of the spice blend that gives them additional powers.

What is the Bene Gesserit plan?

The group’s main goal is to save humanity from itself by pushing it into a new era of greatness. To do this, the Bene Gesserit have a variety of long-term plans and schemes, some with the explicit intention of helping and others simply designed to gain more power and influence.

Why do the Bene Gesserit want Paul?

The most important Bene Gesserit scheme, at least for DuneThe plot is the Missionaria Protectiva, an ancient plot by Gesserit to spread the seeds of religion and mythology to as many “primitive” civilizations as possible. Specifically, to spread the cultural building blocks that lead to societies with matriarchal leaders, such as Gesserit themselves, and the belief that a mythical and messianic saving figure will one day appear.

The Gesserit themselves are also trying to create their own messianic figurehead, the Kwisatz Haderach. This messiah shares many of Gesserit’s powers, including the ability to look into the future and past. But while Gesserit can only see the memories of his female line, the Kwisatz Haderach will also see the male line.

To create the ideal Kwisatz Haderach, the Bene Gesserit began a selective breeding program that began more than 10,000 years before the history of Dune. This plan was to come to fruition when Lady Jessica’s daughter (Rebecca Ferguson) fathered a son with a member of House Harkonnen, sworn enemies of the Atreides. However, out of love for Duke Leto, Jessica used her Bene Gesserit powers to conceive a child. That boy is Paul Atreides Duneprotagonist and potentially the Kwisatz Haderach.

Why does Paul have to reach into the box?

At the beginning of Dune Part 1 Paul is greeted by the Revered Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, sent by the Bene Gesserit to test whether or not he was “human.” Should he fail the test, the Bene Gesserit plan for the Kwisatz Haderach could still go ahead.

Will any of this appear in Dune Part 2?

Yes, quite! For one thing, Paul will likely get the ability to watch all the time at some point in the movie. This new ability will confirm your status as the Kwisatz Haderach of Gesserit. Even more directly, we will probably also see Lady Jessica become a Revered Mother when the Reverend Mother of the Fremen gives her the Water of Life, bestowing Jessica on her. and the daughter in her womb the knowledge and memories of all the women in his family line. We mentioned that Dune becomes very weird?

The only thing that prevents us from seeing all those things is if Dune Part 2 it really gets done.