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Date Posted: 18:22:29 04/05/03 Sat
Author: guardian
Subject: Gholas=Golem ?
In reply to: The Cannabist 's message, "Stick with Heretics, it REALLY pays off.. lots of action" on 19:48:37 03/30/03 Sun

i have not read heretic yet .im going to start with butlerian jihad

Gholas are, essentially, clones.(Gholas sounds like the word golem which is a mystical creature in jewish lore brought to life to protect the jews.) While growing a new ghola in their tanks, the Tleilaxu educate it in any manner that they desire, molding it to suit their whims or to fit the desires of their clients. Once re-awakened, gholas may retain skills from their past lives, but they cannot remember who they truly were. Though they are living, feeling human beings once more, they remain, at an essential level, sinister Tleilaxu creations.
Golem
in Jewish legend, an image or form that is given life through a magical formula. A golem frequently took the form of a robot, or automaton. In the Hebrew Bible (see Psalms 139:16) and in the Talmud, the term refers to an unformed substance. Its present meaning developed during the Middle Ages, when legends arose of wise men who could instill life in effigies by the use of a charm. The creatures were sometimes believed to offer special protection to Jews. The best-known of the golem stories concerned a Rabbi L�w of 16th-century Prague, who was said to have created a golem that he used as his servant.

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