Similar to The Voice, the Coda has become synonymous with the Sisterhood.
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Bene Gesserit Coda
What is says
What it is, and
What it reveals about the Sisterhood’s philosophy
The Mother School on Wallach IX, as imagined in Dune: Prophecy
If it’s not a word you’d use on a daily basis, a coda (in our world) is a concluding section or part, serving as a summation of preceding themes, motifs, etc., as in a work of literature, drama, or even music.
In Dune, it is more commonly referred to as a document outlining the philosophy, wisdom, and worldview of the Bene Gesserit.
A foundational piece of text.
Given this, I was shocked to find only 14 quotes in Frank Herbert’s six books, the Dune Encyclopedia, and Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s twenty books.
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Bene Gesserit Coda
Eleven of the fourteen quotes are found in the last book of the original series, Chapterhouse: Dune.
What it says
What it is
Introduced in Heretics of Dune (the fifth book, published in 1984), the Coda is first mentioned by Reverend Mother Odrade as she remembers a Van Gogh painting.
Some of the fire that had gone into the work of art inspired Odrade now. Wild inspiration! That was the message from the mad Van Gogh. Chaos brought into magnificent order. Was that not part of the Sisterhood's coda?
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