| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White: another direction this was repeated. The two processions
approached each other; their paths converged; the double chanting
became a chorus that grew moment by moment. We heard beneath the
wild weird minors the rhythmic stamping of feet, and the tapping
of sticks. The procession debouched from the jungle's edge into
the circle of the firelight. Our old chief led, accompanied by a
bodyguard in all the panoply of war: ostrich feather circlets
enclosing the head and face, shields of bright heraldry, long
glittering spears. These were followed by a dozen of the
quaintest solemn dolls of beebees dressed in all the white cowry
shells, beads and brass the royal treasury afforded, very
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezekiel 21: 12 (21:17) Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon My people, it is upon all the princes of Israel; they are thrust down to the sword with My people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Ezekiel 21: 13 (21:18) For there is a trial; and what if it contemn even the rod? It shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 21: 14 (21:19) Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of those to be slain; it is the sword of the great one that is to be slain, which compasseth them about.
Ezekiel 21: 15 (21:20) I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied; ah! it is made glittering, it is sharpened for slaughter.
Ezekiel 21: 16 (21:21) Go thee one way to the right, or direct thyself to the left; whither is thy face set?
Ezekiel 21: 17 (21:22) I will also smite My hands together, and I will satisfy My fury; I the LORD have spoken it.'
Ezekiel 21: 18 (21:23) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 21: 19 (21:24) 'Now, thou son of man, make thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land; and mark a signpost, mark it clear at the head of the way to the city.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Z. Marcas by Honore de Balzac: man makes with poverty under the sanction of hope, by accepting
precarious situations whence he fights the battle, carried along by
the devious tide of Paris--that great harlot who takes you up or
leaves you stranded, smiles or turns her back on you with equal
readiness, wears out the strongest will in vexatious waiting, and
makes misfortune wait on chance.
At our first meeting, Marcas, as it were, dazzled us. On our return
from the schools, a little before the dinner-hour, we were accustomed
to go up to our room and remain there a while, either waiting for the
other, to learn whether there were any change in our plans for the
evening. One day, at four o'clock, Juste met Marcas on the stairs, and
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