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Post-Butlerian Jihad, religious leaders began cautious interfaith meetings encouraged by political powers, marking the start of religious consolidation.

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This Immortal (1966)Roger Zelazny

4. The so-called Ancient Teachings — including those preserved by the Zensunni Wanderers from the first, second, and third Islamic movements; the Navachristianity of Chusuk, the Buddislamic Variants of the types dominant at Lankiveil and Sikun, the Blend Books of the Mahayana Lankavatara, the Zen Hekiganshu of III Delta Pavonis, the Tawrah and Talmudic Zabur surviving on Salusa Secundus, the pervasive Obeah Ritual, the Muadh Quran with its pure Ilm and Fiqh preserved among the pundi rice farmers of Caladan, the Hindu outcroppings found all through the universe in little pockets of insulated pyons, and finally, the Butlerian Jihad.

This chapter surveys the diverse ancient religious teachings preserved across the universe, highlighting their syncretic evolution influenced by space travel. It emphasizes how the experience of deep space altered religious perceptions, introducing ambiguity and new interpretations of creation. The chapter culminates with the Butlerian Jihad, a violent rejection of machine-logic and a catalyst for interfaith dialogue and consolidation under emerging powers like the Spacing Guild and Bene Gesserit.