mg the voices within, numerous pre Scattering notions hinted at Qadnn s theo rem regarding static barriers and why some humans seemingly could draw upon racial memones of which others were unaware For instance, reincarnation postulated that a soul reappears in successive physical bodies and the experience of past lives can, upon occasion, be brought to the conscious level The collective unconscious theory supposed 500 that character images or personality archetypes, implanted in the unconscious mind but outside our direct view governed the individual's behavior Chansutra concepts may have come closer in the assertion that all behavior resulted from guidelines passed along as a part of the genetic pattern The body of thought developed by Qadnn and his successors in the new science clearly shows that humans possess the potential for remembering the experiences and thought processes of all who have gone before them in their bloodline The information is stored in the now-unused zones of the cortex, held back by the static boundaries the force fields of the mmd It no doubt was spice that first allowed the Bene Gessent to penetrate those boundaries L G Further references BEN^ GESSERIT entries Htr Braccus Discussions of Voice in the RaJas Records Studia Veurophyswlogica 213 (Grumman Tern) Sin Qadnn Static Barriers of the Cerebral Cortex (Richest Umv of Bailey Press) esp Ch 5 WANNA. A Bene Gessent adept, wife of the Suk School doctor Wellington Yueh, who betrayed Duke Leto Atreides Wanna Marcus is believed to have been killed by order of Baron Vlddimir Harkonnen Information con ceming a plot to kill Duke Leto Atreides substantiates the extent of Wanna's involvement in Bene Gessent political infiltration plans Reverend Mother Gams Helen Mohiam's journals indicate that Wanna Marcus was extremely talented, especially in the skills of truthtrance and druthsayuig She was being groomed for the role of Truthsayer and a possible place on the Cogita Vera Council But certain developments, notably Reverend Mother Gams Helen's discovery of the young Paul Atreides' exceptional abilities, caused the Reverend Mother to alter her plans for Wanna Believing that the time of the Kwisatz Haderach had come, Mohiam was determined to usher it in without any delay For this purpose Wanna Marcus was selected to act as decoy Wanna was to infiltrate the Harkonnen entourage Her presence would remind the Baron of her husband's intimate relationship with the House of Atreides and the position of responsibility the Suk doctor held in that household The scheme turned on the strength of Yueh's love for his Bene Gessent wife and the extent to which he could be depended upon to protect her from harm For Wanna s part, her commitment to the Sisterhood and its universal mission would overcome any scruples she might have re gardmg Duke Leto and take precedence over allegiance to her own husband Wanna would be remembered, if dt dll as a hapless inno cent caught in the deadly Harkonnen net of pnde and revenge Wanna was told her sacrifice would hasten the day of the Kwisatz Haderach by elimmat ing foreseeable contingencies on both sides, Atreides and Harkoimen She was chosen her order told her, because of her courage, her record of obedience her special training and her exquisite gifts It was regretted of course, that one so brilliantly endowed should be so prematurely lost to the Sisterhood even in such a cause Reverend Mother Gams Helen noted that Yueh s capitulation to the blackmail was certain it he possessed the faintest hope that his treachery could keep WAR OF ASSASSINS 501 WAR OF ASSASSINS Wanna alive To Baron Harkonnen love was a fatal weakness that invited assault, and he played out his accustomed part perfectly The Bene Gessent believed one person's weakness is another s strength In the eyes of the Sisterhood the untimely loss of Duke Leto would prepare the way for young Paul and the rule die Bene Gessent had awaited so long and had worked with such tenacity to achieve Wanna Marcus was an instrument through which the order's dream would become reality The Sisters at the Chapter House where she had been a special favorite mourned Wanna's death with quiet affection and genuine sorrow, intoning lamentations of great simplicity and pathos And the great dramatist Harq al-Harba later celebrated the saga of Wanna's blameless life and tragic death in "History of Duke Leto, Part E " G E Further references YUFH OR WELLINGTON Harq al Harba History of Duke Leto Part 0 ' The Complete Works (Gnimman Tern I R M Gaius Helen Motuam Diaries Lib Coaf Temp Series 133 WAR OF ASSASSINS.