| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: servants, or He doles it out; had not God been gracious to us, the
earth would have cleft open with us! Ah, ah! the unbelievers shall not
prosper!
That is the future abode; we make it for those who do not wish to be
haughty in the earth, nor to do evil, and the end is for the pious.
He who brings a good deed shall have better than it; and he who
brings an evil deed-those who do evil deeds shall only be rewarded for
that which they have done. Verily, He who hath ordained the Koran
for thee will restore thee to thy returning place. Say, 'My Lord knows
best who brings guidance, and who is in obvious error; nor couldst
thou hope that the Book would be thrown to thee, save as a mercy
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac: "Monsieur--" said his wife.
"Well, what, my dear?" he said, turning to her with an arrogant
harshness which showed plainly enough how absolute he chose to be in
his own home.
"Monsieur de Vandenesse walked from Tours this morning and Monsieur de
Chessel, not aware of it, has already taken him on foot over
Frapesle."
"Very imprudent of you," the count said, turning to me; "but at your
age--" and he shook his head in sign of regret.
The conversation was resumed. I soon saw how intractable his royalism
was, and how much care was needed to swim safely in his waters. The
The Lily of the Valley |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: upon one with full nine-tenths of their blood, dwelling amongst
men. And to that austere and reticent cotter he was careful to
speak very well of the gods, and to praise all the blessings they
had ever accorded him.
That night Carter camped in a roadside
meadow beneath a great lygath-tree to which he tied his yak, and
in the morning resumed his northward pilgrimage. At about ten
o'clock he reached the small-domed village of Urg, where traders
rest and miners tell their tales, and paused in its taverns till
noon. It is here that the great caravan road turns west toward
Selarn, but Carter kept on north by the quarry road. All the afternoon
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
