| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: nature - I would beg of you to reconsider your decision.
JACK. But my dear Lady Bracknell, the matter is entirely in your
own hands. The moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I
will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my
ward.
LADY BRACKNELL. [Rising and drawing herself up.] You must be
quite aware that what you propose is out of the question.
JACK. Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look
forward to.
LADY BRACKNELL. That is not the destiny I propose for Gwendolen.
Algernon, of course, can choose for himself. [Pulls out her
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Poems by Oscar Wilde: ARONA.
Poem: Urbs Sacra Aeterna
Rome! what a scroll of History thine has been;
In the first days thy sword republican
Ruled the whole world for many an age's span:
Then of the peoples wert thou royal Queen,
Till in thy streets the bearded Goth was seen;
And now upon thy walls the breezes fan
(Ah, city crowned by God, discrowned by man!)
The hated flag of red and white and green.
When was thy glory! when in search for power
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: of Jesus Christ. Considering that after the domination
of Taurus and Aries, the Fish (Pisces) comes next in succession
as the Zodiacal sign for the Vernal Equinox, and
is now the constellation in which the Sun stands at that
period, it seems not impossible that the astronomical change
has been the cause of the adoption of this new symbol.
Anyhow, and allowing for possible errors or exaggerations,
it becomes clear that the travels of the Sun through
the belt of constellations which forms the Zodiac must
have had, from earliest times, a profound influence on
the generation of religious myths and legends. To say
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
