01-06-2022, 12:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2022, 12:47 PM by Dekalb_Blues.)
BETTER TONIGHT...
... vs. AWARE I AM OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
Naughty or nice? Or what?!
Me at table: Hey, where'd Margaret go?
Interesting technical fact: No special effects were used -- Christopher Walken can actually fly
“Walk without rhythm; you won’t attract the worm.”
(Worm. Also, moar worm.)
"The Dune saga began [ca. 1965 in our world, with the publishing of Frank Herbert's novel] with the culmination of a fight between two Great Houses of humanity some 20,000 years in the future. The main protagonist, Paul Atreides, undertakes a hero’s journey amid the political intrigue that sees the destruction of his House and the emergence of a new balance of power in the universe. Paul’s journey is compelling, enhanced by rich mythology and universe building.
"At the heart of the story is Dune, formally known as Arrakis, a planet of sand and the only source of the transformative spice Melange. Melange is a drug that has corrupted, elevated, and split humanity over thousands of years. It has enabled interstellar travel, unlocked prescience, and helped humanity internalize computer functions. That’s just the beginning. It’s in this future of technological progress, superstitious tradition, feudal rule, and prophecy that Paul realizes his destiny."
The series now comprises 21 novels, including many sequels and prequels written by others after Herbert's death. As well, the Dune franchise is right up there with Star Wars in rolling out film treatments & countless assorted merchandise.
A wholesome aspect of Herbert's influence on modernity is his presentation of classical Sufi ideas via traditional sayings attributed to various sages (and a Christ-like figure) in the Dune-world's galactic culture.
Meanwhile, many moons ago on our planet (itself in the last stages of contention between its ruling "spice"-dependent Houses for control of their long-sought-after Imperium), inquiring minds gathered in ritual sacred dance in a land known for its unbiased neutrality to address the archetypal 3rd-Density issue of how best to deal with the everyday manifestation of the metaphysical essence of free-will's open-ended potentialities:
Meglio stasera, che domani o mai --
Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà?
[Better tonight, than tomorrow or never --
Tomorrow who knows what will be?]
Meglio stasera, che d
And if you should bet on the wrong horse, tant pis, don't writhe in regret and remorse in some never-ending, cruel regime of self-imposed puritanical penitence -- just...
The ordinary man repents his sins:
the elect repent of their heedlessness.
(Dhu’l-Nun Misri)
... vs. AWARE I AM OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
Naughty or nice? Or what?!
Me at table: Hey, where'd Margaret go?
Interesting technical fact: No special effects were used -- Christopher Walken can actually fly
“Walk without rhythm; you won’t attract the worm.”
(Worm. Also, moar worm.)
"The Dune saga began [ca. 1965 in our world, with the publishing of Frank Herbert's novel] with the culmination of a fight between two Great Houses of humanity some 20,000 years in the future. The main protagonist, Paul Atreides, undertakes a hero’s journey amid the political intrigue that sees the destruction of his House and the emergence of a new balance of power in the universe. Paul’s journey is compelling, enhanced by rich mythology and universe building.
"At the heart of the story is Dune, formally known as Arrakis, a planet of sand and the only source of the transformative spice Melange. Melange is a drug that has corrupted, elevated, and split humanity over thousands of years. It has enabled interstellar travel, unlocked prescience, and helped humanity internalize computer functions. That’s just the beginning. It’s in this future of technological progress, superstitious tradition, feudal rule, and prophecy that Paul realizes his destiny."
The series now comprises 21 novels, including many sequels and prequels written by others after Herbert's death. As well, the Dune franchise is right up there with Star Wars in rolling out film treatments & countless assorted merchandise.
A wholesome aspect of Herbert's influence on modernity is his presentation of classical Sufi ideas via traditional sayings attributed to various sages (and a Christ-like figure) in the Dune-world's galactic culture.
Meanwhile, many moons ago on our planet (itself in the last stages of contention between its ruling "spice"-dependent Houses for control of their long-sought-after Imperium), inquiring minds gathered in ritual sacred dance in a land known for its unbiased neutrality to address the archetypal 3rd-Density issue of how best to deal with the everyday manifestation of the metaphysical essence of free-will's open-ended potentialities:
Meglio stasera, che domani o mai --
Domani chi lo sa, quel che sarà?
[Better tonight, than tomorrow or never --
Tomorrow who knows what will be?]
Meglio stasera, che d
And if you should bet on the wrong horse, tant pis, don't writhe in regret and remorse in some never-ending, cruel regime of self-imposed puritanical penitence -- just...
The ordinary man repents his sins:
the elect repent of their heedlessness.
(Dhu’l-Nun Misri)