The Kwisatz Haderach Explained | Dune Lore 

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Maybe the real Kwisatz Haderach was all the spice we snorted along the way? I mean the Fremen friends we made along the way. The Fremends.

Here after watching Dune Part 2. I'm absolutely enthralled by this universe, and I've been waiting for a video like this! Thank you so much!

"Kwisatz Haderach" in hebrew: קפיצת הדרך Is a saying that means "Moving quickly from place to place miraculously"

You forgot to mention the Bene Tleilaxu admit to creating a Kwisatch Haderach before, and that he went mad and I believe ended his own life.

All these dune breakdowns are amazingly well done!!!! Please keep pumping them out!!!

A very well made video on the subject. I will not mention my opinions about the Expanded Universe, except for saying that you even present those parts with more credit than they really deserve. 🙂

This video is great. Thank you for the time and effort necessary to produce such quality.

Fantastic overview. Very much enjoyed listening to this.

I’m enjoying these more frequent uploads. thank you!

There is a Gnostic lore pertaining to Adamus described as a "super human" who when originated and expressed from the SOURCE was vested with the authority over all 1,000 elements in the "outer creation" which he uses as a "vehicle" of awesome power. Able to control both the atomic properties and the light quotients (angstrom components) meaning able to go anywhere, any conditions, in this entire creative paradyme at will.

I had no idea how intense dune gets!

I am reading through the books now and your videos are great refreshers! Thank you! Also more about Omnius would be awesome!

Paul wasn't unable to see the Golden Path. He saw it clearly. What it entailed and the sacrifice he would have been required to make, that Leto II did make, terrified him and he turned aside to become the Dune Messiah. At the end of Children of Dune, Leto II shares that his sister avoided abomination by not taking the water of life but Leto didn't. He was exposed to large doses of the water of life and due to his male Other-Memory, he needed to contact one of his ancestors and make an alliance with him to keep the multitude at bay. Nowhere in any of the original 3 books was it mentioned that Leto II was a "pre-born aware", like his aunt Alia. Where is that stated? Duncan Idaho was part of the original story depicted by Frank Herbert in all 6 stories written exclusively by him. He was NOT a creation of Frank Herbert's son and both he and Miles Teg are described as POTENTIAL Kwisatz Haderach's but both agree neither would ever risk it.

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The Kwizatz Haderach is Leto II, the person that could follow the Golden Path. Paul even admits to Jessica in the Fremen tent, while escaping the Harkonnens, that he was 'something else' when she asked if he was the Kwizats Haderach stating that 'he'd come too soon. Its also stated that the 'Kwizats Haderach was not what the Bene Gesserit had assume it to be.

The greatest benefit of the Kwisatz Haderach finaly arriving (for the Bene Gesserit mostly) was teaching a great lesson:NEVER AGAIN SUPERHUMAN MESIAHS! NEVER! Paul's son made sure the lesson lasted forever.

amazing video!

Amazing job

Wow this is some very interesting dialogue !

Learning more every video. Fantastic as always

Very well done!

Holy cow, had no idea. That’s a lot to take on after only knowing the films. 😮

No different than Neo in Matrix. You become the one when you integrate the anima ad animus. The masculine and feminine aspects of your energy/internal archetype. You can use your head and heart, logic and intuition to determine outcomes. It's transcendance of the ego.

Finally someone who has really taken a closer look at the source material. Emperor Paul Atredes Mentat Emperor or The known universe.

This was a great video

Honestly, having read the books at this point - I get why they casted Jason Mamoa for the role of Duncan. :'D

Literally just clicked on… but that thumbnail is fire

Problem I had with the movie was they didn’t really flesh out motivations. The Bene Gesserit purposefully bred Paul. Maybe he was a generation early, but why is that such a big deal. They created him and then wanted to control him. Paul did NOT want to become the Mahdi. Then he drank the water of life and did. The motivations for it all just aren’t explained well.

I read the expanded universe books but you must have read different books than I. That’s not at all how I remember Duncan resolving the human/machine conflict. The story I read was far more ridiculous and convoluted resulting in Omnius being exiled to another universe. With the yoke of Omnius removed the machines could finally know freedom and individuality in a way not experienced in many millenia. This made them more compatible with humans and open to peaceful coexistence.

This old man, He played nice, He played knick-knack Stoned on Spice. With a Kwisatz Haderach Give a dog a bone: This old man rides Sand Worms home. 😉

Id like to review Frank Herberts notes for Dune 7 to see how Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson got from point A to point B.

I’m actually really interested to see if the BGs could control a KH if one came about within their plan. It shouldn’t be impossible to instill a KH with your philosophy and ensure he follows your will that way, but I’m not sure the BGs specifically could pull it off

The following comment might seem non-quizatz haderah-related, but could provide an interesting direction for general interpretation...: Harconnen= hara's cones (husks?), Corino= something about the heart, Atreid= descendant of Atreus (- father of Menelaus and Agamemnon, whose name is interpreted as "Fearless"...). Nice vid. 👍 Cheers!

I'm so happy that we will get Dune Awakwning game soon

Actually, the Gholas, Duncan Idaho appeared in Frank Herbert's Dune Novels, not the expanded Universe by his son, Brian Herbert. Other than that, thoroughly enjoyed your video. Thanks.

I do believe the original idea behind dunes great enemy is new thinking nano machines. The grey goo theory is what herbert would have been hearing his peers speak about when writing god emporor of dune

So if the "great enemy" or future threat isn't just this vague "cold void of space," but instead the return of the conscious machines (and apparently, *not* from or because of the Ixians, but just of those that were routed after the Buttlerian Jihad), and the doom *they* represented, the good news is it does answer a question I've posed before to others, namely what was the threat. The only bad news is, it's a bit cliché and anticlimactic. After all, it's not like humanity or History had forgotten them! You'd think they'd be on the lookout for and even scoured the universe for any trace of them. Also, those with "vision" like Paul and Leto II should've been able to sus them out. It's not like the conscious machine society had the no-gene or no-ships to block prescience. How could they? They were out of touch with the whole idea of spice or its effects, much less how to block it. Oh well, it's better than having no good answer at all.

Thanks for the spoiler warning :D Im 200 p into the first book, but i look forward to return to this video 🏜

This is by far... The best interpretation of Frank Herbert.

The "Shortening of the Way" is actually קפיצת הדרך (kfitzat haderech) in Hebrew. Cool.

I find it a bit naive to think putting humanity through 3000 years of oppression and fear will somehow persist and not be forgotten in couple generations.

Been fan since when it was only novels still hardky anyone likes it .but been a fan from the start . 10yr old me thankks my dad his dad for intro me to it all

The more I know about Dune, the more im fascinated by it. Is science-fiction, but with the epic of fantasy novels like Lord of the Rings

Paul became the Quizrathastlebatt when he snorted too many lines of spice that turned his eyes blue. Its essentially the equivalent to Tony Montana sitting with a white nose and a white mound in front of him.

LETO THE 2ND IS THE BEST CHARACTER EVER WRITTEN

What's so special about a Kwisatz Haderach? I drive a Kwisatz Lincoln.

The shortening of the way.

Teacher of rightiousness ; James the Just

I never knew about the Jewish myth. I literally have been writing a book, and first wrote about it in the late 90’s, about the path of gold. How everything is like gold mining. Even in high school I saw reading and movie watching as gold mining like Joseph Campbell spun his pan of water dipped in humanity. ❤😳👍🏻

He is like a human quantum computer somehow

Good video with many aspects but I am more than a bit irked by the constant abbreviation of "Kwisatz Harderach" to "Kwisatz" and similar with "Ersatz Haderach".

From Hebrew: K-Fi-TSat Ha-De-Rekh. Meaning, literally, jumping in one leap over a long way.

Geez and no wonder i was so comfused. I thought the entire time i was watching Harry Potter and chasing after the "Quidditch"!

The Bene gesserit always annoyed me after getting interested in dune recently. Like why do these super powerful and influential houses keep these women around? It seems so widely known that this supposedly secret order has their own intentions which include controlling blood lines. So why would you risk the power of your house getting involved with these women? I understand they're powerful assets, the only woman that it makes sense for is Jessica, she genuinely loves Leto and did not stay with him entirely for the sake of the bene gesserit, even if that was her intention originally. And yeah, they wish to bring about this ultra powerful being that they know will have complete prescience, yet think they can control him with sex or mommy issues? A demi-god being controlled over his emotional issues just never makes sense to me. I love the universe but it really baffles me how these houses became so powerful for so long. It took more than 80 years, and to be entirely removed from control of Arakkis for the harkonnens to realise that classic artillery is effective against the fremen cause they don't have shields. Logic behind the tactics around shields also bugged me. Shields attract the worm, but orthocopter shields don't? And if the spice harvesters are attracting the worm simply by harvesting, why not have a shield protect it anyway, same logic for any troops you have on the ground. Worm hears the massive harvester you're next to, your personal shield isn't making a difference surely....

Dune has the most secular lore ever. Islamic, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism. So inclusive.

It literally means “the leap” in Hebrew

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whats crazy it took so long for someone to take the remake a dune movie

wait what ? isnt the movie he drank the worm poison and spring tear the awaken of kwisatx haderach ?

If only memory of past lives was preserved in the DNA helix…but it’s not.

A jacket you wear in north florida between February and June... its one color on the inside and another on the outside... has big pockets for concealed carry or fifths of henn and small pockets for bugga sugga, small knives and condoms you will never use. Can be folded into a pouch bag when the day starts at 35degrees and ends in the mid 80s...

Sorry, if it didn't happen in a Frank Herbert book, it didn't happen. Duncan and "Omnius" merging? 🙄

I grew up near Tacoma so I should know ...this is a true story. ... you're welcome.

It's Duncan. That is all. 🤷‍♂️🧐

I've never read the books so maybe this is addressed there but did the Bene Geserete know that the Kwisatz would be able to see both male and female lines of genetic memory? If so, how? If the make side of genetic memory was an abyss to them, why would the female side not be the same for a male?

The story of the messiah ( lisan Al Gaib) was planted by the Bene Gesserit

Spoiner for Dune Messiah: If the Bene Geserit survivors of the Spice Agony can only access the memories of their female ancestors, how is it that Alia remembers, and is untimately taken over by, the Baron Harkonnen? Yes, she's pre-born, but otherwise wouldn't she be just like the Sisterhood in terms of available memories?

Was Paul seen as a betrayal to the Bene Gesserit because the Kwisatz Haderach is a firstborn thing? I don't see why Lady Jessica couldn't have had both a son and daughter to satisfy both the Bene Gesserit and Duke Atreides, which is what happened anyway. I'm new to this lore btw

The witch's accidentally made a bunch of guys who are the main characters in their life's work and stories then got ass mad when they balled the fuck out, pretty on point behaviour for feds that's very funny

So Paul was not the KH? Or was he? I mean he drank the poison and survived, he gained visions so.. I’m confused.

Nts 0:01

Paul is a complete psychopath.

Bene Gesserit: "We need thousands of years of selective breeding to produce a superbeing that can access both sides of the genetic memory and unlock super-powers!" Me: Reverse-parks in one move. Bene Gesserite: "Sheeeitt!"

Duncan Idaho was the kwisatz he was more pure than Paul .

In short, a bad idea. I understand why many of their contemporaries hate the BG... Creating an omniscient superhuman is a very, VERY bad idea

Idaho merged with Erasmus not omnius.

So basically the Kwisatz Haderach = Dr. Strange. Got it

I know I know. It's a very hard word to pronounce.

I cannot find an answer to this online. It has to be a male so he can access the entirety of his male lineage. Makes perfect sense. If the women cant see their patrilineal line beyond the darkness why the QH able to see the matrilineal line? Why is he able to have both?

Woman at 13:46?

If the kwitzar haderach holds power over Destiny,i hope he destroys and get rid of the Eververse...😉😂

Duncan Idaho

Its in Hebrew... It means jumping the road ..it does not have a literal meaning..but youcan attribute it evolution or elevation...in the sense of overcoming a trial

I'm triggered by your inclusion of Brian Herbert's books

You gave a warning about spoilers. You forgot the warning about the fact that this is half fan fiction :-/

Alia was supposed to be the chosen one. And marry feyd for political reasons. Feyd was just a physcitic putz. So, what did Alia do?

The arrogance of man to make his own christ.

Eren jaeger

I’ve been sitting on like 4 grams of DMT for years now. I’m gonna try to become this shit this weekend.

Not the extended Dune lore, that’s ass

The Nick-nack Paddywack will lead us to paradise 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

When paul embraced his fate he trapped himself inside of it and became a slave to it even though eventually it will end up killing him in my opinion you always have an option and can and should make your own choices

uh...this is super awkward, but uh...Hi? it's me. I am the Kwisatz Hadderach

FYI Kwisatz Haderach is a straight out plagiarism from Kabbalistic Concept also named 'Shortening of the Way'

The word is actually Hebrew - kovets (compression) , haderech (the way)

קפיצת הדרך Look it up

The fact that there is more than one makes the story convoluted.

Kwisatz Haderach Sounds like Yiddisch for "vegetable stew"

By all the respect,they are 2 hebrew words,translate as hopping the road.in origin,come to the true way to god or the light,faster.kfisat ha derekh. God blesses upon you.