-Bdlat hdve had dramatic technological and economic benefits tor the Bene Gessent Library and have also significantly increased scholarly interest in its holdings There is hope that continued modernization and research, combined with only moderately cautious cooperation of the Sisterhood will reveal ftirther insighte into the Atreides phenomenon and correct the neglect of the library that has continued since the reign of 1 eto II and the Scattenng JAC NOTES 'Available from the Rakis copies are Princess Imlan Atreides Comno ed The Dunebuk Rakis Ref Cat 7 Z331 Anor The Tleilaxu Codbuk Rakis Ref Cat BENE GESSERTT RANKS 131 BENF GhSSERIT RANKS 3-TL42, Cj Aibans and O O Hayt, TAe Mental Handbook tr Dale, Reeve Mara (Finally Mosaic), Spacing Guild, The Steersman s Guide, tr PK Lonlaraz (Topaz Lndlow), Anon , JVie Dune Gospels, Rakis Ref Cat 1-T2 Available from the Rakis copies are al Ada, Tke Dune Catastrophe tr Miigal Reed (Mukan Lotiiar), and The Story of Liet Kynes Lib Conf Temp Scnes 109, Duncan Idaho-10208, The Hayt Chronicle tr Kershel Reeve Shautin (Finally Mosaic) 3K R BaraJ? ed The Azhar Book Vol 1-4, Arrakis Studies 49 (Grumman United Worlds) BENE GESSERIT RANKS. The internal structure of the Bene Gesserit ranks of Sisterhood is found in the Orchnes Matnwn. The Ordtnes Matrium and the Private Files hold the records of membership and rank within the Sisterhood, some apparently dating from before the Butlenan Jihad, Only oae title used in these records remains in the modern Bene Gessent-Reverend Mother. But from current information it seems that the title itself held far more significance ill the past than it does now The mendicant teaching order now known as the Bene Gesserit appears to lack the facilities and resources to maintain the highly complicated structure of initiation, preparation, and rank structuring described in die historical documents The Ordmes Matrium indicates that a woman was more apt to be chosen for than to choose the Sisterhood as her life's work. The breeding indices determined an individual's eligibility for membership. Only those females shown to be of a proven active-trait line, and whose recent ancestry showed at least one Reverend Mother, were accepted as initiates.