| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: I opened my mouth to call to him, but before the words left my
lips he had let out an ear-splitting yell of terror and bounded
down the steps and past us, with arms flying in every direction,
running like one possessed. Nor did he return during the few hours
that we remained at the hotel.
Two days later found us boarding the yacht at Callao. When I
had discovered, to my profound astonishment, at the
hacienda, that another year had taken us as far as the tenth
day of March, I had greatly doubted if we should find Captain
Harris still waiting for us. But there he was; and he had not even
put himself to the trouble of becoming uneasy about us.
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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 Koran: But those who believe and do right, we will make them enter
amongst the righteous.
And there are those among men who say, 'We believe in God!' but when
they are hurt in God's cause, they deem the trials of men like the
torment of God; but if help come from thy Lord they will say, 'Verily,
we were with you!' does not God know best what is in the breasts of
the worlds? God will surely know those who believe, and will surely
know the hypocrites.
And those who misbelieved said to those who believed, 'Follow our
path, we will bear your sins; but they could not bear their sins at
all; verily, they are liars! But they shall surely bear their own
The Koran |
