| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Main Street by Sinclair Lewis: She saw that after the strain of listening in a cultured
manner the audience had collapsed; had given up their last hope
of being amused. She cried, "Now we're going to play an
idiotic game which I learned in Chicago. You will have to
take off your shoes, for a starter! After that you will probably
break your knees and shoulder-blades."
Much attention and incredulity. A few eyebrows indicating
a verdict that Doc Kennicott's bride was noisy and improper.
"I shall choose the most vicious, like Juanita Haydock and
myself, as the shepherds. The rest of you are wolves. Your
shoes are the sheep. The wolves go out into the hall. The
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach: Job 19: 7 Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Job 19: 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 19: 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job 19: 10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
Job 19: 11 He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
Job 19: 12 His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
Job 19: 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
Job 19: 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Job 19: 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
Job 19: 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
Job 19: 17 My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
 The Tanach |