| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Hermione's Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis: marvelous scientific things, you know.
Isn't Science DELIGHTFUL!
There's the Cosmos, for instance. It had always
been there, you know. But nobody knew much
about it until Scientists took it up in a serious way.
And now I, for one, feel that I couldn't do with-
out it!
Although, of course, one feels one's responsibili-
ties toward it too, and that is apt to be rather
trying at times unless one has a truly earnest nature
and is prepared to make sacrifices.
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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 38: 28 Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38: 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Job 38: 30 The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Job 38: 31 Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job 38: 32 Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?
Job 38: 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
Job 38: 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 38: 35 Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?
Job 38: 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Job 38: 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Job 38: 38 When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
The Tanach |
