Duke Leto Atreides notes that of every valuable commodity known to mankind, "all fades before melange. īy the events of Dune, the spice is used all over the universe and is a sign of wealth. Melange can be mixed with food, and it is used to make beverages such as spice coffee, spice beer, and spice liquor. The Fremen also use the spice to make, among other things, paper, plastics, and chemical explosives, and the existence of "spice-cloth" and "spice-fiber" rugs are noted in Dune Messiah (1969) and Children of Dune (1976).
In larger quantities, the spice possesses intense psychotropic effects and is used as a powerful entheogen by both the Bene Gesserit "witches" and the Fremen people of Arrakis to initiate clairvoyant and precognitive trances, access genetic memory, and heighten other abilities. This intense and extended exposure alters their bodies over time. The massive amount of melange needed to achieve this requires that Navigators be contained in a large tank within a cloud of spice gas. This prescience-enhancing property makes safe and accurate interstellar travel possible, as it enables Spacing Guild Navigators to see safe paths through space-time and navigate the gigantic Guild heighliners safely between planets. Melange is a drug that prolongs life and bestows heightened vitality and awareness, and in some humans unlocks prescience.
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