Both Uses of
similitude
in
Dune
- He wondered it if might be possible that his ruh-spirit had slipped over somehow into the world where the Fremen believed he had his true existence — into the alam al-mithal, the world of similitudes, that metaphysical realm where all physical limitations were removed.†
Book 3
- ALAM AL-MITHAL: the mystical world of similitudes where all physical limitations are removed.†
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Definition:
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(similitude) similarity in appearance, character or nature