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The Azhar Book is a text in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. ==''Dune''== ''Appendix II: The Religion of Dune'' in the novel ''Dune'' refers to the Azhar Book as "that bibliographic marvel that preserves the great secrets of the most ancient faiths," and notes that it predates the Orange Catholic Bible, the key religious text of the ''Dune'' universe which "contains elements of most ancient religions.".〔Herbert, Frank. ''Dune'', ''Terminology of the Imperium'' (Orange Catholic Bible)〕 The creation of the Azhar Book is also attributed to the Bene Gesserit.〔Herbert, F. ''Dune'', ''Appendix II: The Religion of Dune''. "The Bene Gesserit role is more obscure. Certainly, this is the time in which they consolidated their hold upon the sorceresses, explored the subtle narcotics, developed ''prana-bindu'' training and conceived the Missionaria Protectiva, that black arm of superstition. But it is also the period that saw the composing of the Litany against Fear and the assembly of the Azhar Book..."〕 The appendix subsequently quotes Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides, and references his words back to ancient texts using the Azhar Book: :Muad'Dib: "Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future." :C.E.T. Commentaries: Identical wording. (The Azhar Book traces this statement to the first century religious writer, Neshou; through a paraphrase.) :Muad'Dib: "If a child, an untrained person, an ignorant person, or an insane person incites trouble, it is the fault of authority for not predicting and preventing that trouble." :O.C. Bible: "Any sin can be ascribed, at least in part, to a natural bad tendency that is an extenuating circumstance acceptable to God." (The Azhar Book traces this to the ancient Semitic Tawra.) :Muad'Dib: "Reach forth thy hand and eat what God has provided thee; and when thou are replenished, praise the Lord." :O.C. Bible: a paraphrase with identical meaning. (The Azhar Book traces this in slightly different form to First Islam.) In ''Dune'', Lady Jessica examines the manual included in a Fremen desert survival kit on Arrakis:
The Bene Gesserit practice "religious engineering" through a faction called the Missionaria Protectiva, which spreads contrived myths, prophecies and superstition on primitive worlds so that the Sisterhood may later exploit those regions.〔''Dune'', ''Terminology of the Imperium'' (Missionaria Protectiva)〕 It is later confirmed that the Fremen religion has been thus influenced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azhar Book」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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