| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: in turning about in his chair knocked down his walking stick from
its resting place against its side, and the unexpected clatter made
several women, nervously inclined, jump in their seats. Observing
them, McIntyre smiled and was still smiling amusedly when Penfield
addressed him.
"Did you observe many lights burning in your house when you
returned?" asked Penfield.
"No, only those which are usually left lit at night."
"Was your daughter Helen awake?"
"I do not know. Her room was in darkness when I walked past her
door on my way to bed."
The Red Seal |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: There are some very
old and half-forgotten tales of enormous underground huts of great
stones, where passages lead down and down, and where horrible
things have happened. The blackfellows claim that once some warriors,
fleeing in battle, went down into one and never came back, but
that frightful winds began to blow from the place soon after they
went down. However, there usually isn't much in what these natives
say.
But what I have to tell is more than this. Two years ago,
when I was prospecting about 500 miles east in the desert, I came
on a lot of queer pieces of dressed stone perhaps 3 X 2 X 2 feet
Shadow out of Time |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: roll of mystic scrolls in search of a word that would
open the basement door of the island and admit her to
the Great Dome. She also made many magical experiments,
hoping to discover something that would aid her. Yet
the morning found the powerful Sorceress still
unsuccessful.
Glinda's art could have opened any ordinary door, you
may be sure, but you must realize that this marble door
of the island had been commanded not to open save in
obedience to one magic word, and therefore all other
magic words could have no effect upon it. The magic
Glinda of Oz |
