| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: "Your mission is to obey the commands of whoever is able to strike the
Master Key of Electricity."
"That is true."
"I once read in a book that all things are regulated by exact laws of
nature. If that is so you probably owe your existence to those laws."
The Demon nodded. "Doubtless it was intended that when mankind became
intelligent enough and advanced enough to strike the Master Key, you
and all your devices would not only be necessary and acceptable to
them, but the world would be prepared for their general use. That
seems reasonable, doesn't it?"
"Perhaps so. Yes; it seems reasonable," answered the Demon, thoughtfully.
The Master Key |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum: pulled him from the snowdrift and bound him tightly with many coils of
the stout rope. And then they carried the kidnapped Santa Claus away
to their mountain, where they thrust the prisoner into a secret cave
and chained him to the rocky wall so that he could not escape.
"Ha, ha!" laughed the Daemons, rubbing their hands together with cruel
glee. "What will the children do now? How they will cry and scold
and storm when they find there are no toys in their stockings and no
gifts on their Christmas trees! And what a lot of punishment they
will receive from their parents, and how they will flock to our Caves
of Selfishness, and Envy, and Hatred, and Malice! We have done a
mighty clever thing, we Daemons of the Caves!"
A Kidnapped Santa Claus |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: the stately ritual of the temple."[2]
[1] The Golden Bough, iv, p. 330.
[2] See ch. xv.
The magic in this case was of a gentle description; the
clay image of Osiris sprouting all over with the young green
blade was pathetically poetic; but, as has been suggested,
bloodthirsty ceremonies were also common enough. Human
sacrifices, it is said, had at one time been offered
at the grave of Osiris. We bear that the Indians in
Ecuador used to sacrifice men's hearts and pour out
human blood on their fields when they sowed them; the
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
