Prophecy has six episodes to reveal exactly what members of the Bene Gesserit can do. That was apparent in this Sunday’s ...

But despite all that, it’s worth remembering just how much of what we know about the Bene Gesserit has not been invented or put into practice yet in the time of Dune: Prophecy. Because in a show ...

Set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and his rise as the prophesied messiah known as Lisan-al-Gaib, HBO's new Dune: Prophecy series chronicles the early evolution of the Bene ...

The origins of the Bene Gesserit stem back to the Butlerian Jihad, the seminal event of the Dune universe. The Butlerian Jihad was a crusade against thinking machines, which was characterized in ...

The Bene Gesserit remains one of the most captivating and mysterious factions in Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ series. They hold a unique position in the political and social structure of the universe.

but the Bene Tleilax are arguably the most important sub group in the Dune universe. Their creations are a constant across Frank Herbert’s books, despised by the rest of the universe but ...

Herbert drew deep lines of gender essentialism and gender stereotypes in his universe in the early Dune books; the Bene Gesserit can only rule in a “power behind the throne” kind of way ...

Valya And Tula Bring Nuance To House Harkonnen In Dune: Prophecy, the Bene Gesserit organization is under the leadership of Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen (Emily Watson), its second leader ...

After two big-screen Dune blockbusters in the last three years, it’s safe to say that movie viewers now know the basics of the Bene Gesserit. It’s clear that this mysterious sisterhood can manipulate ...