| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: PHI 4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the
same mind in the Lord.
PHI 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women
which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other
my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
PHI 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
PHI 4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
PHI 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
PHI 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall
keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: There it stood, "Count Egmont, with his horse shot under him." I
shuddered, and afterwards I could not help laughing at the woodcut figure
of Egmont, as tall as the neighbouring tower of Gravelines, and the
English ships at the side.--When I remember how I used to conceive of a
battle, and what an idea I had, as a girl, of Count Egmont; when I listened
to descriptions of him, and of all the other earls and princes; --and think
how it is with me now!
[Enter Brackenburg.
Clara. Well, what is going on?
Brackenburg. Nothing certain is known. It is rumoured that an insurrection
has lately broken out in Flanders; the Regent is afraid of its spreading
Egmont |
