Frank Herbert in DUNE wrote: I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Litany Against Fear...(evolution?)
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Litany Against Fear...(evolution?)
This has been a nagging skelf in my mind for years, but does the Litany Against Fear change over the course if the saga? There is also the chance that my addled brain is contaminated by adaptations.
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Re: Litany Against Fear...(evolution?)
I don't think so. 

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Re: Litany Against Fear...(evolution?)
It's given in slightly different versions on different occasions. Here's the other version:
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
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Re: Litany Against Fear...(evolution?)
Freak!
I'm pretty sure we talked about this at DN. Not sure we ever figured anything out, but I had seen this before.

I'm pretty sure we talked about this at DN. Not sure we ever figured anything out, but I had seen this before.
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Re: Litany Against Fear...(evolution?)
It's changed very little, not in any significant way. To me it seems like FH was just reciting it from memory and got a couple words wrong.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
~Pink Snowman