| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: with which Smith-Oldwick was already familiar and her slim
fingers commenced their soft appraisement of the newcomer.
Almost immediately she discovered Smith-Oldwick but there
was neither surprise nor anger upon her countenance. Evi-
dently the poor mad creature knew but two principal moods,
from one to the other of which she changed with lightning-
like rapidity.
"Watch her a moment," said Tarzan to the Englishman,
"while I disarm that fellow," and stepping to the side of the
young man whom Otobu was having difficulty in subduing
Tarzan relieved him of his saber. "Tell them," he said to the
Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: and flashed its eyes like headlights of an automobile and uttered a
growling noise as it slowly moved toward them. When it stopped before
the High Coco-Lorum's house, Toto barked sharply at the sprawling
beast, but even tiny Trot could see that the dragon was not alive.
Its scales were of gold, and each one was set with sparkling jewels,
while it walked in such a stiff, regular manner that it could be
nothing else than a machine. The chariot that trailed behind it was
likewise of gold and jewels, and when they entered it, they found
there were no seats. Everyone was supposed to stand up while riding.
The charioteer was a little, diamond-headed fellow who straddled the
neck of the dragon and moved the levers that made it go.
The Lost Princess of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells: the Struggle for Existence. They have figured it too as Mother
Nature. We may speculate whether it is not what the wiser among the
Gnostics meant by the Demiurge, but since the Christians destroyed
all the Gnostic books that must remain a mere curious guess. We may
speculate whether this heat and haste and wrath of life about us is
the Dark God of the Manichees, the evil spirit of the sun
worshippers. But in contemporary thought there is no conviction
apparent that this Demiurge is either good or evil; it is conceived
of as both good and evil. If it gives all the pain and conflict of
life, it gives also the joy of the sunshine, the delight and hope of
youth, the pleasures. If it has elaborated a hundred thousand sorts
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