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Kwisatz Haderach is a term which means "Shortening of the Way." This is the label applied by the Bene
Gesserit to the unknown for which they sought a genetic solution: a male Bene
Gesserit whose organic mental powers would bridge space and time. Also known as "the one who can be many places at once."
The Kwisatz Haderach is a fictional
character in the Dune universe, created by Frank Herbert, and later extended by his son, Brian Herbert, alongside science fiction
author Kevin J Anderson
The Bene Gesserit hoped to create a male Reverend Mother capable of absolute powers of prescience, able to predict all possible futures and to cause select threads of time to be realized
through manipulation. They hoped to use him to strengthen Bene Gesserit power among other power loci within the Empire. Unknown
to them at first, their breeding program came to a successful conclusion with the birth of Paul Atreides, but they could not control him. The result was the being they prized the most was the
instrument by which their order diminished.
The phrase Kwisatz Haderach קפיצת הדרך originally came
from Hebrew (poss. originally Kfitsat or Kfitzat Haderch) and means
"Jump ahead of the path", i.e. a significant breakthrough.
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