Prophecy.Set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and his rise as the prophesied messiah known as Lisan-al-Gaib, HBO's new Dune: Prophecy series chronicles the early evolution of the Bene Gesserit order from a fledgling school for gifted young women to the superpowered mystical sisterhood that's pulling the strings of the imperial government at the start of Dune.

Giving space-witch vibes without space-witch powers… yet The premise of Dune: Prophecy, the latest sci-fi/fantasy lit juggernaut to hit the Max streaming service, is that it’s a show about the rise of the Bene Gesserit order.

Prophecy centers entirely around the origins of the Bene Gesserit, known only as "the Sisterhood" in the show. However, there's a very simple reason for that. "The Sisterhood at its inception is not called the Bene Gesserit,