The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 145: 16 Thou openest Thy hand, and satisfiest every living thing with favour.
Psalms 145: 17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and gracious in all His works.
Psalms 145: 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth.
Psalms 145: 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Psalms 145: 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love Him; but all the wicked will He destroy.
Psalms 145: 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; and let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.
Psalms 146: 1 Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
Psalms 146: 2 I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.
Psalms 146: 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Psalms 146: 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms 146: 5 Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Alice Dunbar: around him in a quick, sympathetic mass. The individual, the
concrete bit of helpless humanity, had more interest for them
than the vast, vague fighting mob beyond.
The noon-hour pealed from the brazen throats of many bells, and
the numerous hoarse whistles of the steam-boats called the
unheeded luncheon-time to the levee workers. The war waged
furiously, and groans of the wounded mingled with curses and
roars from the combatants.
"Killed instantly," said the surgeon, carefully lifting Mr.
Baptiste into the ambulance.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, sounded the militia steadily marching down
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