| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: arguments are not very convincing. On p. 5 he admits that "there
is a religious meaning inherent in the primitive conception and
practice of ALL human relations"; and a large part of his ch. xii
is taken up in showing that even such institutions as the
Saturnalia were religious in confirming the sense of social union
and leading to 'extended identity.'
But for the human soul--whatever its fate, and whatever
the dangers and disasters that threaten it--there is always
redemption waiting. As we saw in the last chapter, this
corruption of Sex led (quite naturally) to its denial and
rejection; and its denial led to the differentiation from it of
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: It's a long, dusty three mile, and we can't let you walk.
And, besides, I've already told 'em to put on another
plate when I see you coming; so you mustn't disap-
point us. Come right in and make yourself at home."
So Tom he thanked them very hearty and handsome,
and let himself be persuaded, and come in; and when
he was in he said he was a stranger from Hicksville,
Ohio, and his name was William Thompson -- and he
made another bow.
Well, he run on, and on, and on, making up stuff
about Hicksville and everybody in it he could invent,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling: here, south and north it ran a full league - and all the
woods were full of broken men from Santlache, Saxon
thieves, Norman plunderers, robbers, and deer-stealers.
A hornets' nest indeed!
'When De Aquila had gone, Hugh would have
thanked me for saving their lives; but the Lady Aelueva
said that I had done it only for the sake of receiving the Manor.
"'How could I know that De Aquila would give it me?"
I said. "If I had told him I had spent my night in your
halter he would have burned the place twice over by now."
"'If any man had put my neck in a rope," she said, "I
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