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Pure dialogue, still little object or scenery description.

Their religion is barely but constantly present, usually winked at as a support system.

A few familiar conversations, and the present practical arrangements to fulfill their always critical next steps.

Two interesting facts: Many leading characters do far are comfortable with their religion, so much that they find a few linked facts comical.

Duncan Idaho comes back to life, in a sense but he doesn't really remember who he was, which becomes a new aim.

On the next chapter, sexual scenes are narrated not as erotica but as a description of the sexual arrangement of the female ruler.

Then at the beginning of the next chapter, through dialogue, a man who was considered wealthy, with two wives, joined the present jihad to discover what was unphantomable to him: the sea. Describing his longing by comparing every day items or sceneries with a seemingly impossible end.

The saga continues. A few aspects of sex related to reproduction, or the lack of it. The plot unfolds as the now friendly two seemingly previous enemies dialogue.

Herbert seems to philosophy of the novel's themed human theories after brief dialogue. The chapter ends here.

As romanticized as the hero has been, as much as a blockbusters they star, the author warns against them in dialogue.

I understand that not as enemies, but just not as rulers. So, the misunderstood saga begins...

Se acerca Judas a su momento terreno final. Si es cierto que los momentos previos se asemejaban a un torbellino, Se despide con una oración, con fé.

El relato no termina allí, y es que después de todo, el momento que define la fé es la resurrección, cuyo descubrimiento encabeza la Magdalena.

Es ella quien corre, exaltada, a anunciar la buena nueva. ¿Judas? Le comprende, finalmente eximiéndole del juicio de ella.

Les llamaron ladrones a los crucificados aunque el relato los identifica como presos políticos traidores. Describe que cómo para el oficial militar, dichos personajes, incluyendo el propio rey de los judíos, no eran más que ladrones a quienes él aplicaba justicia.

Luego la escena de la crucifixión. Ahora Judas llega a su casa, distinto, descompuesto...

(Falta leer un poco del capítulo)

En este capítulo. Los vaivenes del juicio del Cristo. Caifás parece seguir un claro lineamiento de juicio.

Se le acusa... sí, acusa de blasfemia y de ser más sabio que otros, en dicho orden.

Jesús responde a las acusaciones con sabiduría y paciencia. Pilatos se justifica políticamente, es decir se lava las manos primero simbólicamente.

Detalles puramente político-religiosos de su crucifixión: Rey de los judíos..

El capítulo de la última cena. Leo cómo se va desarrollando lo escrito por los evangelistas.

Recuerdo una copia bastante grande de dicha escena en el comedor de la casa de mis abuelitos. Sin duda con un marco de decoración (tipo Kitsch Latinoamericano de entonces, estrechamente relacionada con los altares de otrora) indeleble en mi mente.

Por supuesto, Judas tenía algo que explicarle a Jesús, de haber tiempo...

2 capítulos más: La traición y el encuentro de Judas con la nueva realeza local.

El primero conversaciones entre discípulos, también riñas entre ellos en una realidad muy dinámica.

En el segundo, se relata cuando Pilatos y su noble esposa, primero hablan de Jesús. Luego arreglan un encuentro privado y plácido donde Raquel le entrega su virginidad muy dispuestamente, quedando ambos satisfechos.

El hombre que no quiso ser Rey -

Según el relato, Jesús, como hijo del hombre, no sabía qué exactamente iba a hacer. Al parecer de repente se le ocurrían cosas.

Menciona a los hipócritas dos veces.

Jesús pierde popularidad al no llenar las expectativas de la multitud.

El muerto resucitado:
Tan fácil pasar el protagonismo de Judas a Jesús. El primero, por silogismo asegura que venciendo la muerte de Lázaro, vencería la de sí.

Jesús explica la razón por la que se cuida (como ungido) que es para honrar a quien lo envió - mencionan sus dientes blancos y de pensarlo, lo vemos en un canon que prácticamente inventó también, que es el religioso (Más de una abuela se expresa: Es un Jesús)

El hombre que no quiso ser rey.
Jesús sería popular entre la juventud atea europea hoy que cita a Nietzsche, al no justificar pero sí comprender la actitud romana de entonces.

Un hecho ineludible, omnipresente es que Judas Iscariote se le atribuye cierta posición de patrono de las causas sociales. Un apóstol con una daga bajo el manto, quien repartía a los pobres, más de la cuenta, bajo el regaño del Mesías.

La suerte está echada: Referencia a Julio César al cruzar el Rubicón.

Se relatan hechos de la vida cotidiana de Jesús y discípulos.

La existencia inmaterial, entretejida en la trama. Se ha llegado a un punto donde las palabras casi no tienen validez en contra de la romanización, que en este caso viene de la mano de la conquista armada.

Jesús mismo va ya colocándose en su posición más allá del mundo.

In the Mary Magdalene chapter, I found insinuations about the character by the ones present, except Jesus.

His take on her sins after repentance is freeing, saying that all other's judgment doesn't exist and she should respond to her conscience.

Finally, there's a nice relationship between Jesus (who mysteriously separates from the father) and Mary, who seems at peace and contempt (in this case, really happy)

Descriptions of timeless characters, including Peter.
I'm looking forward to read the next chapter: The Magdalene.

Interesting fictional historic facts:

-Jesus growing up was genius in his life as a religious Jewish.

- He painted three watercolors: Joseph, Mary & an illuminated clouded sky he saw in dreams (if my short-term memory doesn't fail)

(Advancing one chapter at a time is a short read)

Dune's religious influences results are a clear example of syncretism.

World building through the appendix can make the visual adaptations close to the book, for once.

The author's life & career is admirable. He drew from countless experiences for his self-contained world building, and he met The Alan Watts.

I'm just a few pages from finishing the book:
It seems there's a continuation as they arrive to the Spice planet.

Phrase: Perfectly organized research produces nothing new.

The Appendix shows an earth-like desert ecosystem. It makes sense a deep understanding of applied geology for their campaigns, and survival. An intro to religion shows the author took earth names, only to give them a whole different meaning.

Being close to finish the plot chapters of the book (I checked in advance, which is a recommended reading tip for non-fiction books, else it is an insider peek)

Saying the novel's world is a solid empire is an understatement (I found out through monologue) where the rulers have the best of both worlds: Ancient knowledge, and the will to conquer even further.

The scene is crude, the action is fast.

Extra comments:

Paul shows a decisive leadership style. He says some arcane phrases (perhaps as a memory sting, perhaps as an insider understanding in their world) , but his behavior seems congruent.

The girl seems to be a secondary character, so far.

(With just one hundred pages left on my digital document version) I'm really happy, and wish the book never ended, even if I get to read some time, every so often.

Capítulo 8 - Los Discípulos.

Ha pasado un capítulo donde María dialoga. Me parece interesante debido a su protagonismo como intercesora junto con la escasez, en dichos tiempos, de palabras.

No olvido que existe una continuidad en hechos sobrenaturales no simbólicos en estos miles de años después. Estas mujeres no son sólo soporte de los anunciantes, sino santas por derecho propio.

The personal lives of the star character we know through the movie is having a sort of new generation dialogue with his counterpart. As much of the chronology of the house of Atreides gives a background to this moment


Pag 455 until page 474. Ask chatGPT a summary of.

I'm truly eager to upload Dune to an AI with a prompt very close to: Give me the ordered facts of the novel from the very beginning, whether by summarizing a part or providing a chronology-like sentence.

Also: List out of the ordinary dialogues or monologues such as those that aren't transactional. Maybe I can improve these prompts through AI.

Many action scenes just happened since the last update.

A great chapter introducing bulk operations (so your documents repository is productive): Tags, labels.
Also the extremely useful add-ons.

Truly, although increasingly ubiquitous in development, AI is not a panacea, and the front-face of consumer software sometimes do simple things fantastically.

I'm picturing a sort of Admin through Linux style file handling. With a few scripts for automation (no SAAS)

A familiar scene with a little girl is introduced. She seems like a modern little girl, not European children just a few hundreds of years ago where they were considered by their parents as little adults.

What happened with Catholicism by the naythinkers who opposed to it? Their very prideful professions that keep their hands clean were a "dark ages" invention. Also the shame of utter failure to keep the good inside the very womb of the Church, and it's shame.

A historical take on Judas, except it includes the events that zeroed in our calendar, and a peek into the unseen.

So far the book has been technical: Developing Drive's benefits, use cases, thorough instructions using the latest features, UX improvements and uncovering Drive as a platform itself (for example, thinking of it as a unique warehouse where not only your documents live, but also a place where you can receive deliverables - As a student, the role of a manager, teacher, project lead, etc.) An enlightening ecosystem.

The culture of the different worlds comes up as a means to an end. Ex. The seemingly simple religion of the Fremen, their understanding of natural phenomena, and so on.