| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: a sigh or two escaped, unawares. By and by Joe
timidly ventured upon a roundabout "feeler" as to
how the others might look upon a return to civilization
-- not right now, but --
Tom withered him with derision! Huck, being un-
committed as yet, joined in with Tom, and the waverer
quickly "explained," and was glad to get out of the
scrape with as little taint of chicken-hearted home-
sickness clinging to his garments as he could. Mutiny
was effectually laid to rest for the moment.
As the night deepened, Huck began to nod, and
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: MYSTERY DERELICT FOUND AT SEA
Vigilant Arrives With Helpless
Armed New Zealand Yacht in Tow. One Survivor and Dead Man Found
Aboard. Tale of Desperate Battle and Deaths at Sea. Rescued Seaman
Refuses Particulars of Strange Experience. Odd Idol Found in His
Possession. Inquiry to Follow.
The Morrison Co.'s freighter
Vigilant, bound from Valparaiso, arrived this morning at its wharf
in Darling Harbour, having in tow the battled and disabled but
heavily armed steam yacht Alert of Dunedin, N.Z., which was sighted
April 12th in S. Latitude 34°21', W. Longitude 152°17', with one
Call of Cthulhu |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: transform all you animals into men and women--like the Oz people--and
we will transform all the Oz people into beasts. You can then live in
the fine houses of the Land of Oz, and eat the fine food of the Oz
people, and wear their fine clothes, and sing and dance and be happy.
And the Oz people, having become beasts, will have to live here in the
forest and hunt and fight for food, and often go hungry, as you now
do, and have no place to sleep but a bed of leaves or a hole in the
ground. Having become men and women, you beasts will have all the
comforts you desire, and having become beasts, the Oz people will be
very miserable. That is our plan, and if you agree to it, we will all
march at once into the Land of Oz and quickly conquer our enemies."
The Magic of Oz |
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 Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: Ariovistus respondit: si quid ipsi a Caesare opus esset, sese ad eum
venturum fuisse; si quid ille se velit, illum ad se venire oportere.
Praeterea se neque sine exercitu in eas partes Galliae venire audere quas
Caesar possideret, neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in
unum locum contrahere posse. Sibi autem mirum videri quid in sua Gallia,
quam bello vicisset, aut Caesari aut omnino populo Romano negotii esset.
His responsis ad Caesarem relatis, iterum ad eum Caesar legatos cum
his mandatis mittit: quoniam tanto suo populique Romani beneficio
adtectus, cum in consulatu suo rex atque amicus a senatu appellatus esset,
hanc sibi populoque Romano gratiam referret ut in conloquium venire
invitatus gravaretur neque de communi re dicendum sibi et cognoscendum
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