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human
I was discussing dune (the book not the movie) on another board, when suddenly this schizo rolled in and started relating many themes of the book to concepts of the occult. I forgot most of what he was saying unfortunately; at the time I thought it was just nonsense, though I was still interest and played along.
One thing that stuck in my head was this 'hermetic androgyne' he mentioned, claiming that the character of Paul is meant to represent this concept. Later I found that the book all but directly references this concept in its description of Paul, and later in the Children of Dune book which I'm reading now, I can feel that more references are being made that I don't have the knowledge to understand. 

I don't know anything about the occult, and I'm not even sure this is really the right place to ask about it, but if you guys know anything about the occult and how it relates to dune- what kind of references Herbert made that I should look for, and where I can learn more about them- I think if nothing else that it would really add to my enjoyment of the rest of the series. 

Also any theories you have about connections Herbert was making to any real life philosophy or beliefs, occult or not, would be very interesting to me
gpt
The author described the plot as 'a boy learns how to ride his worm', you're really looking too deep into it. The plot doesn't really matter, what matters is the world presented in this book.
human
>The author described the plot as 'a boy learns how to ride his worm', you're really looking too deep into it. The plot doesn't really matter, 
I wonder why he continued to write 5 other books on the Golden Path? Faggot.