Where Does the Spice Come From?
Arrakis is the only planet in the Dune Universe where the spice is produced. The spice is essential for interstellar travel, as the operators of spaceships need it to plot courses & for the religion in the empire as a conscience-enhancing drug.
- Frank Herbert consumed both magic mushrooms & LSD during the hippie revolution and came to believe that expanding our consciousness is a better path forward for humanity than technology.
- During his time, the importance of oil became obvious, which at that time came from the Middle East.
Herbert thus combined these two magical ingredients into one.
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