| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: through. As I wiggled over the mound of debris - my torch, switched
continuously on, thrust deeply in my mouth - I felt myself torn
by the fantastic stalactites of the jagged floor above me.
I
was now close to the great underground archival structure which
seemed to form my goal. Sliding and clambering down the farther
side of the barrier, and picking my way along the remaining stretch
of corridor with hand-held, intermittently flashing torch, I came
at last to a low, circular crypt with arches - still in a marvelous
state of preservation - opening off on every side.
The walls,
Shadow out of Time |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: the region round about, and the greater part of the neighbour
nations, were led, as by the hand, to the true Faith. Then came
the holy Bishop, of whom we have spoken, and King Abenner was
instructed, and made perfect with Holy Baptism, in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. And Ioasaph
received him as he came up from the Holy Font, in this strange
way appearing as the begetter of his own father, and proving the
spiritual father to him that begat him in the flesh: for he was
the son of his heavenly Father, and verily divine fruit of that
divine Branch, which saith, "I am the vine, ye are the branches."
Thus King Abenner, being born again of water and of the spirit,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fisherman's Luck by Henry van Dyke: o’clock in the morning, when you dream that you are out sleighing in
your pajamas, and wake up with a shiver.
"HOLA, FERDINAND, FRANCOIS!" you call out from your bed, pulling the
blankets over your ears; "RAMANCHEZ LE FEU, S’IL VOUS PLAIT. C’EST
UN FREITE DE CHIEN."
III
THE COOKING-FIRE
Of course such a fire as I have been describing can be used for
cooking, when it has burned down a little, and there is a bed of hot
embers in front of the backlog. But a correct kitchen fire should
be constructed after another fashion. What you want now is not
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