These words from Dune bring courage to the front. They push out everything else. The mantra labels fear for what it is and pushes it aside. As it does originate with the Bene Gesserit, the litany ...

The Bene Gesserit litany against fear from Dune is surprisingly good psychology. Fear is the mind killer. This is the striking first line in the Bene Gesserit litany against fear. Dune fans have long ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved the inclusion of three additional invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Litany of Loreto. In a June 20 letter to the presidents ...

Of the lengthening of litanies, there is no end. For the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, the Holy See’s Congregation for Divine Worship added seven new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph. Given ...

Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides utters this sentence in the first trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. It’s part of what are probably the best known collection of words in Frank Herbert’s entire ...

Bisma strongly believes pop culture shapes human lives. She is particularly concerned about the media portrayals of gender, class, race, and sexuality on television, their intersectionality, and ...