| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Koran: give a mighty hire.
Verily, we have inspired thee as we inspired Noah and the prophets
after him, and as we inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Jacob, and the
tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon; and
to David did we give Psalms.
Of apostles we have already told thee of some before; and of
apostles some we have not told thee of;-
But Moses did God speak to, speaking;- apostles giving glad
tidings and warning, that men should have no argument against God,
after the apostles, for God is mighty, wise!
But God bears witness to what He has revealed to thee: He revealed
The Koran |
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 The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy: and of the peculiar characteristics of Russian life. A
satisfactory translation can be made only by one who understands
the language and SPIRIT of the Russian people. As Tolstoi's
writings contain so many idioms it is not an easy task to render
them into intelligible English, and the one who successfully
accomplishes this must be a native of Russia, commanding the
English and Russian languages with equal fluency.
The story of "Ivan the Fool" portrays Tolstoi's communistic
ideas, involving the abolition of military forces, middlemen,
despotism, and money. Instead of these he would establish on
earth a kingdom in which each and every person would become a
The Kreutzer Sonata |
