or novices who acted as messengers) But Adab not only stores material m the subconscious, it also uses the subconscious to integrate new with stored data thus producing completely accurate and logically assimilated memory, a memory so strong that when stimulated it will overwhelm the woman's consciousness Prana-bmdu training is also used by the adept in all the daily functions of her life For example, the famous Bene Gessent martial arts, the "weirding ways of bottle," are based upon complete prana-bmdu control The hand-to-hand combat techniques retained from ancient Terran cultures depend upon supreme muscle control for their astonishing ferocity Not only the unarmed combat maneuvers depend on this training but the ex traordinary knife and whip skills also require this command of muscles and nerves Prana-bmdu control can heal wounds and retard aging The Bene Gessent knew their cellular structure so intimately that they could analyze and neutralize most poisons within their bodies The great test of this ability occurred during a woman's imtiaton as a Reverend Mother in neutralizing fte "Water of Life within her system Occasional women were found to have cellular allergies to and incompatibilities with the chemical and were unable to neutralize it" but fortunately this occurred rarely The training program had a second objective the ability to control others whether as individuals, masses, or cultures The Bene Gessent is taught to 'read and ' register" a person in order to manipulate him by Voice In reading ' one observes and identifies the clue tones which will control the other person In "registering" one uses a brief mnemonic trance to retain the clue tones, making that person controllable in future situations Finally, through the use of nhani decipherment, a Bene Gessent can recognize a registered individual no matter what overt change in behavior or appearance he assumes Rihani decipherment also al lowed sisters to unerringly identify Face Dane ers and gholas, even when they assumed the appearance of individuals unknown to the Sister herself The decipherment pattern al lowed her to discern the non-human characteristics Through Voice a subtle manipulation of vocal tones, a Bene Gessent could manipulate individuals or large groups by triggering clue tones Certain voice patterns trigger primal human responses, and the registered person could be controlled in any situation Women specially gifted with The Great Con trol could manage an> number of people in any situation and could even control other Bene Gessents Particular subtleties ot Voice usage are the Lie Adroit-manipulation through concealed falsehood, the Zeruunru Codex-a play of words that confuses or obscures the truth, and the implantation of autosuggestive cue words (for example, the most common word thus implanted is "Uroshnor, * a word itself empty of meaning, but which, when spoken, triggers a state of immobilization) These techniques, however, are taught only tor specific professional work In order to learn how to control large groups of people and even cultures, dunng her final three years of education a candidate enters a series of courses teaching the characteristics of mob behavior (e g historj, politics, anthropology, and mythology) Unless a woman is to be a political determiner when she graduates or is being groomed for political roles within the order, these courses are theoretical For those who enter the Missionary Protettivd, however, a special training pro gram teaches the manipulation ol cultural attitude through mvthos implantation Truth savers, economists and women prepanng to BUTVER 137 be MBAs are all trained m practical group manipulation as well as in theory Of course as a secondary part of the entire training program candidates arc also taught survival techniques For example a rudimentary course is Hand and Finger Signals while a more advanced course in the same discipline is Tactile Encoding Methods Though the techniques of setting and breaking palm locks is designated as an advanced course there is evidence that each middle school girl prided herself m mastering the technique Such primary regimens as the waiting stance the sense cleansing regimen and the (ranqiulity mode were taught to chil dren m the kinder houses In general the students were taught practi cal skills for the primary Bene Gessent occu pations of breeding and espionage Theprana bmdu skills the observational and analytical skills and the self preservation skills were all bases on which to develop the theoretical abilities needed in an organization whose goal was the accumulation and manipulation of economic and political power J A C Further references: B c HISTORY R M Danus Kate Clenhanan Amor Faft The Key to the Way tr Zhana Feliin B G RHtndaton Studies 15 (Diana Ifevis) Riiuvars Shaigal ed Fiauiametaals of the Wav A Bene Gessent Mental Exercise Book (Gnimman Lodni) BUTLER JEHANNE (And the history of the Butlerian Jihad.