| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Disputation of the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences by Dr. Martin Luther: Papa operantur gratiam hominis interioris et crucem, mortem
infernumque exterioris.
9. [59] Thesauros ecclesie s. Laurentius dixit esse pauperes
ecclesie, sed locutus est usu vocabuli suo tempore.
10. [60] Sine temeritate dicimus claves ecclesie (merito Christi
donatas) esse thesaurum istum.
11. [61] Clarum est enim, quod ad remissionem penarum et casuum
sola sufficit potestas Pape.
12. [62] Verus thesaurus ecclesie est sacrosanctum euangelium
glorie et gratie dei.
13. [63] Hic autem est merito odiosissimus, quia ex primis facit
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: "Then you think the purchase-system was better?"
asked the American lady. "It always seemed to me
that that must have worked so curiously."
"Prefer it?" said Lady Plowden. "A thousand times
yes! My husband made one of the best speeches in the
debate on it--one do I say?--first and last he must
have made a dozen of them. If anything could have kept
the House of Lords firm, in the face of the wretched
Radical outcry, it would have been those speeches.
He pointed out all the evils that would follow the change.
You might have called it prophetic--the way he foresaw
The Market-Place |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: cheek. Dorothy had been assiduously careful of her soft, white
skin, and here was an ugly mark marring its beauty.
"Look at that!" she cried, in distress. "My complexion's ruined!"
"How did you get such a splotch?" inquired Helen, going closer.
"I've been kissed!" exclaimed Dorothy, dramatically.
"What?" queried Helen, more curiously, while the others laughed.
"I've been kissed--hugged and kissed by one of those shameless
cowboys! It was so pitch-dark outside I couldn't see a thing.
And so noisy I couldn't hear. But somebody was trying to help me
off my horse. My foot caught in the stirrup, and away I went--
right into somebody's arms. Then he did it, the wretch! He
The Light of Western Stars |
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 Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy: place of shadows, there came to the window to her great delight, a
tapping which she knew from its method to be Giles's.
She opened the casement instantly, and put out her hand to him,
though she could only just perceive his outline. He clasped her
fingers, and she noticed the heat of his palm and its shakiness.
"He has been walking fast, in order to get here quickly," she
thought. How could she know that he had just crawled out from the
straw of the shelter hard by; and that the heat of his hand was
feverishness?
"My dear, good Giles!" she burst out, impulsively.
"Anybody would have done it for you," replied Winterborne, with as
The Woodlanders |
