Creepy Clues from Nightshade's Shay Doran

Like Elliot Review I got a set of creepy clues today from Shay Doran. As Shay instructed, I posted them up on the facebook page Facebook.com/ShadowShay.  My package came from Orlando, Florida.   And I wish my glyphs were as clear as Elliot Review's.

At first I didn't know and I still don't know, not really, what was the clue.
The Address?
The Front Matter?
The Cover?
The bookmarks torn out of Crime and Punishment or these strange drawings with certain words revealed?

I think the top one words are

left side of page {}  right side of page

                                    ed

                                     illusion

                                      ,

                                      and

                                      re

                                      me

the development of

                                       di

practic-

swinging

fire                                 profession-

                                      al

                                      is   m

alert                    

then there is a long tube but I don't know 

if the --  her  her are to be included

   
       

The second one, right above here

left                                                right

E

a

r

t

H (on the same line as the "E") if they were in line order it would be EHatr

of considerable importance         trust

entities

the

                                                     family

are                                                group

                                                     co

and

                                                     m

                                                      b

                                                      a

                                                      t (really on same line as the "m")

I think the message is 
Earth, the entities of considerable importance - are  trust, family and group combat.          

Or, maybe the flow of the drawing is what is important?

The first one has "fire" is hanging around by itself. 

Fire  the development of alert swinging practiced illusion, and remedial professionalism.

 Shay says there are hundreds of these books filled with these "puzzles;" maybe some of them are red herrings?  Or, by the time they were written the person was bonkers?

Wait, wait,  wait the two things I have are Earth and Fire.  This either has to do with alchemy or elemental beings.

Then there are a lot of videos that Shay made.  He has led a weird life.  And, in video number 4 he got pretty paranoid.

In number 5 he talks about the books:
 

And then he has a blog at www.shaydoran.com -- you can find the videos there. 

I guess it is what it is a big mystery!  See Shay and the rest of the puzzles at Facebook/ShadowShay !!


Poor guy, I hope we can figure this out before he goes crazy or gets hurt.