| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: Chimalman, the Virgin Queen of Heaven.[2] Even the Chinese
had a mother-goddess and virgin with child in her arms[3];
and the ancient Etruscans the same.[4]
[1] R. P. Knight's Ancient Art and Mythology, p. 21.
[2] See Kingsborough's Mexican Antiquities, vol. vi, p. 176,
where it is said "an ambassador was sent from heaven on an
embassy to a Virgin of Tulan, called Chimalman . . . announcing
that it was the will of the God that she should conceive a son;
and having delivered her the message he rose and left the house;
and as soon as he had left it she conceived a son, without
connection with man, who was called Quetzalcoat], who they say is
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: 'I've got a career! When I'm no longer young I'll lend money to great
ladies on their finery; for passion never calculates, it pays
blindly.' If you want subjects for a vaudeville I can sell you
plenty."
She departed after delivering this tirade, in which all the phases of
her past life were outlined, leaving Gazonal as much horrified by her
revelations as by the five yellow teeth she showed when she tried to
smile.
"What shall we do now?" he asked presently.
"Make notes," replied Bixiou, whistling for his porter; "for I want
some money, and I'll show you the use of porters. You think they only
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: where a company timekeeper interviewed him. The superintendent
was busy, he said, but he (the timekeeper) would try to find
Jurgis a job. He had never worked in a steel mill before? But
he was ready for anything? Well, then, they would go and see.
So they began a tour, among sights that made Jurgis stare amazed.
He wondered if ever he could get used to working in a place like
this, where the air shook with deafening thunder, and whistles
shrieked warnings on all sides of him at once; where miniature
steam engines came rushing upon him, and sizzling, quivering,
white-hot masses of metal sped past him, and explosions of fire
and flaming sparks dazzled him and scorched his face. Then men
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