| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: and spectacled, and his possession of the uniform had been
revealed to Mrs. Hicks only by the gift of a full-length
photograph in a Bond Street frame, with Anastasius written
slantingly across its legs. The Prince--and herein lay the
Hickses' undoing--the Prince was an archaeologist: an earnest
anxious enquiring and scrupulous archaeologist. Delicate health
(so his suite hinted) banished him for a part of each year from
his cold and foggy principality; and in the company of his
mother, the active and enthusiastic Dowager Princess, he
wandered from one Mediterranean shore to another, now assisting
at the exhumation of Ptolemaic mummies, now at the excavation of
|
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach: Genesis 5: 9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.
Genesis 5: 10 And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 5: 11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
Genesis 5: 12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
Genesis 5: 13 And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 5: 14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
Genesis 5: 15 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared.
Genesis 5: 16 And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 5: 17 And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five years; and he died.
Genesis 5: 18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch.
Genesis 5: 19 And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
The Tanach |
