4. Prologue!

Universal Studios Executive Sidney Sheinberg wanted the title of this film changed to Spaceman from Pluto, convinced no successful film ever had "future" in the title. Steven Spielberg convinced him otherwise and, after being rejected by every major film studio over four years, went on to gross $380 million receiving critical acclaim. The title Back to the Future was brilliantly conceived and is a contemporary version of Shakespeare’s Past is Prologue.

Past is Prologue
In William Shakespeare’s, The Tempest, Antonio is speaking:

“Whereof what’s past is prologue, what to come
In yours and my discharge.”

Sebastian responds:

“What stuff is this!—How say you?”

Prologue: Where we’ve been – “what’s past” as introductory for “what’s to come.”

Intriguingly enough, in Greek drama, a character, very often a deity, stood forward on an empty stage and expanded in great detail on everything that led up to the play itself, this before the action of the play even began. All that ensued, once the performance began, was predicated upon the facts related in the prologue. Its importance in Greek drama was critical, sometimes taking the place of a romance, to which the play itself succeeded (Wikepedia paraphrased).

Romance: Spirit of adventure; love affair (Encarta).

Going back to where we’ve been, what’s past, will give us prologue for the Genesis (romance) that is “(what) to come”—the “stuff” that will be “In yours and my discharge.”

Discharge: “Perform, Execute” (things as they will be).

In so doing we will reveal the “stuff” that a Genesis person is made of, hopefully inspiring the reader to get “stuffed” likewise. Or to encourage you who have had the “stuffing” knocked out of you to suck it back up again. And for those already fully “stuffed,” be it a reminder that you are breathing rarified air.

Back to the Future Tribute—Back in Time: In this musical video tribute, the phrase “Back in Time” has a triple meaning: Going back in time, getting back in time and getting in sync with the times - signaling that “You’re future’s whatever you make it!” Enjoy.

For Genesis Thinkers, the past is not an end in itself; it is always a prologue for things to come. As a symbolic act of “going back” you are now directed to the “back” page of this book where the prologue (romance) will begin

Author’s Note: In the actual physical publishing of this book, the reader will go to the back of the book, turn it over and continue reading backward to forward.