| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: subtle and effective way of defeating a rival. The priests
of the rising Christian Church were, like the priests of ALL
religions, not wanting in craft; and at this moment
when the question of a World-religion was in the balance, it
was an obvious policy for them to throw into their own scale
as many elements as possible of the popular Pagan cults.
Mithraism had been flourishing for 600 years; and it is, to
say the least, CURIOUS that the Mithraic doctrines and legends
which I have just mentioned should all have been
adopted (quite unintentionally of course!) into Christianity;
and still more so that some others from the same source,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac: for a middle course. No fencing allowed! This is no longer Paris; we
are in the heart of Spain or the far East. It is the voice of
Abencerrage, and it is the scimitar, the horse, and the head of
Abencerrage which he offers, prostrate before a Catholic Eve! Shall I
accept this last descendant of the Moors? Read again and again his
Hispano-Saracenic letter, Renee dear, and you will see how love makes
a clean sweep of all the Judaic bargains of your philosophy.
Renee, your letter lies heavy on my heart; you have vulgarized life
for me. What need have I for finessing? Am I not mistress for all time
of this lion whose roar dies out in plaintive and adoring sighs? Ah!
how he must have raged in his lair of the Rue Hillerin-Bertin! I know
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: out the day, the greatest advantage appearing to lie
with the King's troops. Had Edward not gone so far
afield in pursuit of the Londoners, the victory might
easily have been on the side of the royalists early in
the day, but by thus eliminating his division after de-
feating a part of De Montfort's army, it was as though
neither of these two forces had been engaged.
The wily Simon de Montfort had attempted a little
ruse which centered the fighting for a time upon the
crest of one of the hills. He had caused his car to be
placed there, with the tents and luggage of many of
The Outlaw of Torn |
