| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: me the
pleasant Soma.
HYMN XIX. Indra.
1. THEE, verily, O Thunder-wielding Indra, all the Gods here,
the
Helpers swift to listen,
And both the worlds elected, thee the Mighty, High, waxen strong,
alone to slaughter Vrtra.
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Massimilla Doni by Honore de Balzac: displaying the quality of his voice, and expression here will carry
the day rather than science. However, the air is full of magnificent
menace, and it is possible that we may not be long allowed to hear
it."
A thunder of clapping and /bravos/ hailed the song, followed by deep
and cautious silence; nothing could be more significant or more
thoroughly Venetian than the outbreak and its sudden suppression.
"I need say nothing of the coronation march announcing the
enthronement of Osiride, intended by the King as a challenge to Moses;
to hear it is enough. Their famous Beethoven has written nothing
grander. And this march, full of earthly pomp, contrasts finely with
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: the annihilation of various cosmic enemies. They had done the
same thing on other planets, having manufactured not only necessary
foods, but certain multicellular protoplasmic masses capable of
molding their tissues into all sorts of temporary organs under
hypnotic influence and thereby forming ideal slaves to perform
the heavy work of the community. These viscous masses were without
doubt what Abdul Alhazred whispered about as the "Shoggoths" in
his frightful Necronomicon, though even that mad Arab had not
hinted that any existed on earth except in the dreams of those
who had chewed a certain alkaloidal herb. When the star-headed
Old Ones on this planet had synthesized their simple food forms
At the Mountains of Madness |
