Re: Hi from Ukraine
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 25, 2001, 20:15 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
>
>On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:02:53 -0500 Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
>writes:
> > Steg Blesky wrote:
> > >-Stephen (Steg)
> > > "kwisatz haderach is a strange way of saying qefitzat
> > hadderekh."
>
> > What does "qefizat hadderekh" mean?
> > Andreas
>-
>
>It's a Hebrew phrase meaning literally _a jumping of the path_. It's the
>'technical' term for a type of miracle in which a journey that should
>take a long time only takes a very short time. "Kwisatz Haderach" (sp?)
>on the other hand is some kind of messianicesque term from the book
>_Dune_. I read the book two years ago so i don't remember exactly what
>it was supposed to be.
It's a kind of Messiah that the "Bene Gesserit" (may've misspelt that)
sisterhood tries to create via a human breeding programme. Due to a severe
case of romantic love (the Kassi undoubtly'd find it disgusting), the
Kwisatz Haderach is born one generation too early, and turns out to be none
other than Paul Atreides, main character of _Dune_ and _Dune Messiah_.
Andreas (who should be getting his hands on Heretics of Dune and Chapter
House of Dune some day)
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