| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville: OF THE PILGRIMAGES IN JERUSALEM, AND OF THE HOLY PLACES THEREABOUT
AFTER, for to speak of Jerusalem the holy city: ye shall
understand, that it stands full fair between hills, and there be no
rivers ne wells, but water cometh by conduit from Hebron. And ye
shall understand, that Jerusalem of old time, unto the time of
Melchisadech, was clept Jebus; and after it was clept Salem, unto
the time of King David, that put these two names together, and
clept it Jebusalem; and after that, King Solomon clept it
Jerosolomye; and after that, men clept it Jerusalem, and so it is
clept yet.
And about Jerusalem is the kingdom of Syria. And there beside is
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: and display your favour.
5 The brave deeds ye have done, Indra and Agni, the forms ye
have
displayed and mighty exploits,
The ancient and auspicious bonds of friendship,-for sake of
these
drink of the flowing Soma.
6 As first I said when choosing you, in battle we must contend
with
Asuras for this Soma.
So came ye unto this my true conviction, and drank libations
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tarzan, standing upon the edge of the pit, smiled as he
watched Tantor's undignified flight. Soon the blacks
would come. It was best that Tarzan of the Apes faded
from the scene. He essayed a step from the pit's edge,
and as he threw the weight of his body upon his left foot,
the earth crumbled away. Tarzan made a single Herculean
effort to throw himself forward, but it was too late.
Backward and downward he went toward the sharpened stakes in
the bottom of the pit.
When, a moment later, the blacks came they saw even
from a distance that Tantor had eluded them, for the
The Jungle Tales of Tarzan |
