| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: more of the things about him, and at last the vague took shape.
"Conceive an enormous cylindrical space," says Cavor, in his seventh
message, " a quarter of a mile across, perhaps; very dimly lit at first
and then brighter, with big platforms twisting down its sides in a spiral
that vanishes at last below in a blue profundity; and lit even more
brightly - one could not tell how or why. Think of the well of the very
largest spiral staircase or lift-shaft that you have ever looked down, and
magnify that by a hundred. Imagine it at twilight seen through blue glass.
Imagine yourself looking down that; only imagine also that you feel
extraordinarily light, and have got rid of any giddy feeling you might
have on earth, and you will have the first conditions of my impression.
The First Men In The Moon |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Koran: us that we do not see men whom we used to think amongst the wicked?
whom we used to take for mockery? have our eyes escaped them?'
Verily, that is the truth; the contention of the people of the fire.
Say, 'I am only a warner; and there is no god but God, the one,
the victorious, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and what is
between the two, the mighty, the forgiving!'
Say, 'It is a grand story, and yet ye turn from it!' I had no
knowledge of the exalted chiefs when they contended.
I am only inspired that I am a plain warner. When thy Lord said to
the angels, 'Verily, I am about to create a mortal out of clay; and
when I have fashioned him, and breathed into him of my spirit, then
The Koran |
