| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome: night, making it, however, a little more demagogic in
character, pointing out that after the Allied victory, the only
corner of the world not dominated by Allied capital was
Soviet Russia.
The Soviet passed a resolution expressing
"firm confidence that the Soviet Government will
succeed in getting peace and so in opening a wide road to
the construction of a proletarian state." A note was passed
up to Kamenev who, glancing at it, announced that the
newly elected representative of the Chinese workmen in
Moscow wished to speak. This was Chitaya Kuni, a solid
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: "Half an hour ago I could have shown it to you, but now it has got
too murky. It is a mountain in Lichstorm."
"Are you returning there now?"
"Yes."
"And how long will it take to get there in that boat?"
"Two - three hours."
"Will it accommodate us too?"
"What, are you for Lichstorm as well? What can you want there?"
"To see the sights," responded Maskull with twinkling eyes. "But
first of all, to dine. I can't remember having eaten all day. You
seem to have been hunting to some purpose, so we won't lack for
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: a scream of joy, and fairly threw herself into his arms.
'I knew it, I was sure of it!' cried Dolly. 'My dear father's at
the door. Thank God, thank God! Bless you, Sim. Heaven bless you
for this!'
Simon Tappertit, who had at first implicitly believed that the
locksmith's daughter, unable any longer to suppress her secret
passion for himself, was about to give it full vent in its
intensity, and to declare that she was his for ever, looked
extremely foolish when she said these words;--the more so, as they
were received by Hugh and Dennis with a loud laugh, which made her
draw back, and regard him with a fixed and earnest look.
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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 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: I should have named him Rob Roy, for I never saw two horses more alike."
"That's no wonder," said John; "didn't you know that Farmer Grey's
old Duchess was the mother of them both?"
I had never heard that before; and so poor Rob Roy
who was killed at that hunt was my brother! I did not wonder
that my mother was so troubled. It seems that horses have no relations;
at least they never know each other after they are sold.
John seemed very proud of me; he used to make my mane and tail
almost as smooth as a lady's hair, and he would talk to me a great deal;
of course I did not understand all he said, but I learned more and more
to know what he meant, and what he wanted me to do. I grew very fond of him,
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