| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: of course to Christianity's treatment of Sex. It is
certainly very remarkable that while the Pagan cults generally
made a great deal of all sorts of sex-rites, laid
much stress upon them, and introduced them in what
we consider an unblushing and shameless way into the
instincts connected with it. I say 'the Christian Church,'
on the whole took quite the opposite line--ignored sex,
contemned it, and did much despite to the perfectly natural
instincts connected with it. I say 'the Christian Church,'
because there is nothing to show that Jesus himself (if we
admit his figure as historical) adopted any such extreme
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: had many a beak and tremor he told Gale how Nell had been hounded
by Radford Chase, how her mother had been driven by Ben Chase--the
whole sad story.
"So that's the trouble! Poor little girl!" murmured Gale, brokenly.
"I felt something was wrong. Nell wasn't natural, like her old
self. And when I begged her to marry me soon, while Dad was here,
she couldn't talk. She could only cry."
"It was hard on Nell," said Belding, simply. "But it 'll be better
now you're back. Dick, I know the girl. She'll refuse to marry
you and you'll have a hard job to break her down, as hard as the
one you just rode in off of. I think I know you, too, or I wouldn't
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde: For all my pilgrimage is done,
Although, methinks, yon blood-red sun
Marshals the way to Holy Rome.
O Blessed Lady, who dost hold
Upon the seven hills thy reign!
O Mother without blot or stain,
Crowned with bright crowns of triple gold!
O Roma, Roma, at thy feet
I lay this barren gift of song!
For, ah! the way is steep and long
That leads unto thy sacred street.
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