| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker: "I have brought you here, Adam, because it seems to me that this is
the spot on which to begin our investigations. You have now in
front of you almost the whole of the ancient kingdom of Mercia. In
fact, we see the whole of it except that furthest part, which is
covered by the Welsh Marches and those parts which are hidden from
where we stand by the high ground of the immediate west. We can
see--theoretically--the whole of the eastern bound of the kingdom,
which ran south from the Humber to the Wash. I want you to bear in
mind the trend of the ground, for some time, sooner or later, we
shall do well to have it in our mind's eye when we are considering
the ancient traditions and superstitions, and are trying to find the
Lair of the White Worm |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: you successors in the earth; is there a god with God? little is it
that ye are mindful. He who guides you in the darkness, of the land
and of the sea; and who sends winds as glad tidings before His
mercy; is there a god with God? exalted be God above what they
associate with Him! He who began the creation and then will make it
return again; and who provides you from the heaven and the earth; is
there a god with God? so bring your proofs if ye do speak the truth!
Say, 'None in the heavens or the earth know the unseen save only
God; but they perceive not when they shall be raised!'-nay, but
their knowledge attains to somewhat of the hereafter; nay, but they
are in doubt concerning it! nay, but they are blind!
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: He put his feather cap upon his head, and stepped in through the
window, and there he found the princess with her father, the
king, and her mother, the queen, and all the great lords and
nobles waiting for his coming; but never a stitch nor a hair did
they see of him until he stood in the very midst of them all.
Then he whipped the feather cap off of his head, and there he
was, shining with silver and gold and glistening with
jewels--such a sight as man's eyes never saw before.
"Take her," said the king, "she is yours." And the soldier looked
so handsome in his fine clothes that the princess was as glad to
hear those words as any she had ever listened to in all of her
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