Litany Against Fear Lyrics
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.
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.
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An excerpt from Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, Dune.
The litany is an incantation used by the Bene Gesserit (a religious sisterhood with incredible intellect and powers) throughout the Dune series to focus their minds and calm themselves in times of peril.
Paul Atreides, the son of Duke Leto Atreides I, recites the Litany when the Reverend Mother Mohiam compels him to put his right hand in a device that causes pain. The litany helped him to withstand the excruciating agony.
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