One of the most powerful ideas in Dune is the slippery concept of memory. While the original novel is famous for Paul’s ability to remember the future through prescience, the book also contains an equally cool concept: the ability of a Reverend Mother — either of the Fremen or the Bene Gesserit — to gain the memories of the Reverend Mothers before them. On top of that, it was also possible, occasionally, for certain people to not just gain the memories of previous Reverend Mothers, but all of their own ancestors.
In the second episode of Dune: Prophecy, Sister Lila (Chloe Lea) chooses to undergo a process called “The Agony,” which is, essentially, a very similar process to the first novel called “The Spice Agony.” But why is Lila doing this again? And who is that person that she meets in her memory?
