| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: them. Each blamed the other for this lamentable outcome, and the bitterness
between them grew more bitter.
But things came to a head enough. It was at my home, after they had taken
their degrees and dropped out of the world's sight, that the beginning of the
end came to pass. Both were men of means, with little inclination and no
necessity for professional life. My friendship and their mutual animosity were
the two things that linked them in any way together. While they were very
often at my place, they made it a fastidious point to avoid each other on such
visits, though it was inevitable, under the circumstances, that they should
come upon each other occasionally.
On the day I have in recollection, Paul Tichlorne had been mooning all morning
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: polichinelle. And I am delighted with your work, and think highly
of you."
"Really, there is nothing to be delighted with; and I have done
so little as Yet."
"No matter. I understand your feelings, and I understand her.
All right, all right. I will say nothing more about it," she
said, noticing displeasure on his face. "But I also understand
that after seeing all the suffering and the horror in the
prisons," Mariette went on, her only desire that of attracting
him, and guessing with her woman's instinct what was dear and
important to him, "you wish to help the sufferers, those who are
Resurrection |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive,
and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their
fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have
built for thy name:
KI1 8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven
thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
KI1 8:50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all
their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and
give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may
have compassion on them:
KI1 8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou
King James Bible |
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 Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: lady, but not so pretty as my mother. Her mouth is full of
thimbles, but not so full as my mother's was."
Of course he knew nothing whatever about his mother; but he
sometimes bragged about her.
He did not know the tune, which was "Home, Sweet Home," but he
knew it was saying, "Come back, Wendy, Wendy, Wendy"; and he
cried exultantly, "You will never see Wendy again, lady, for the
window is barred!"
He peeped in again to see why the music had stopped, and now he
saw that Mrs. Darling had laid her head on the box, and that two
tears were sitting on her eyes.
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