| 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: shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him
hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious
house.
EZE 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before
thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
EZE 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast
a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams
against it round about.
EZE 4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall
of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it
shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: physical phenomenon of that day. Arago had discovered, in 1824, that
a disk of non-magnetic metal had the power of bringing a vibrating
magnetic needle suspended over it rapidly to rest; and that on
causing the disk to rotate the magnetic needle rotated along with
it. When both were quiescent, there was not the slightest measurable
attraction or repulsion exerted between the needle and the disk;
still when in motion the disk was competent to drag after it, not
only a light needle, but a heavy magnet. The question had been
probed and investigated with admirable skill both by Arago and
Ampere, and Poisson had published a theoretic memoir on the subject;
but no cause could be assigned for so extraordinary an action.
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