Manifestet själv är inte stavat ut i någon stor detalj. Det diskuteras av ett antal tecken (se nedan) och vi kan ganska se kanterna på det men i sitt hjärta framgår kraften i dokumentet från dess kändisvärde ; att det var skrivet av en tyranns efterkommande, förmodligen den mest kraftfulla enskilda individen i galaxens historia.
Dess effekter verkar vara transformativa, långt bortom själva orden. Odrade har använt sina talanger som en Atreides för att skapa den litterära motsvarigheten till en örormask .
Waff beskriver det som ifrågasätter religioner (rädda sig), förmodligen för att deras är den enda stora religionen som härskare Leto II som budbärare till den sanna Gud:Mirlat will have to be dealt with, Waff thought. He lifted the manifesto from his lap and read the first line aloud: “In the beginning was the word and the word was God.”
“Every powindah religion is called into question by this manifesto,” Waff said. “Every faith except ours is left hanging in limbo.”
Teg har läst den. Det är ganska tätt formulerat:
“Just as the universe is created by the participation of consciousness, the prescient human carries that creative faculty to its ultimate extreme. This was the profoundly misunderstood power of the Atreides bastard, the power that he transmitted to his son, the Tyrant.”
Det diskuterar uppenbart profetiens kraft:
In a deep and portentous tone, Odrade said: “The Manifesto raises questions that all must address, believers and non-believers alike.”
“What has all this to do with the Holy Child?” Tuek demanded. “You told me we must meet on matters concerning—”
Before Tuek could find words, Waff locked eyes with Odrade and responded in a way he knew she would interpret correctly. Odrade could do no less, being who she was.
“The error of prescience,” Waff said. “Isn’t that what this document calls it? Isn’t that where it says the mind of the believer stagnates?”
Det är bestämt kättiskt:
She had to keep Tuek’s attention on the document that disturbed him so much. She paraphrased from the Manifesto: “Your will and your faith—your belief system—dominate your universe.”
Tuek recognized the words. He had read the terrible document. This Manifesto said God and all of His works were no more than human creations. He wondered how he should respond. No High Priest could let such a thing go unchallenged.