| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: "You talk along boys," Sheldon said, with increasing irritation.
"You tell 'm get to hell along beach. Then I talk with you."
Sheldon felt a slight vibration of the veranda, and knew that Joan
had come out and was standing by his side. But he did not dare
glance at her. There were too many rifles down below there, and
rifles had a way of going off from the hip.
Again the veranda vibrated with her moving weight, and he knew that
Joan had gone into the house. A minute later she was back beside
him. He had never seen her smoke, and it struck him as peculiar
that she should be smoking now. Then he guessed the reason. With
a quick glance, he noted the hand at her side, and in it the
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: idolaters or Christians, to assemble. Letters were despatched in
all quarters: heralds proclaimed it in every village town that no
Christian need fear any secret surprise, but all might come
together without fear, as friends and kindred, for the honest and
unrestrained enquiry that should be held with their chief and
captain, Barlaam. In like manner also he summoned the initiate
and the temple-keepers of his idols, and wise men of the
Chaldeans and Indians that were in all his kingdom, beside
certain augurs, sorcerers and seers, that they might get the
better of the Christians.
Then were there gathered together multitudes that held his
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