| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Koran: who believe not in the hereafter a covering veil. And we place
covers upon their hearts, lest they should understand, and dulness
in their ears.
And when thou dost mention in the Koran thy Lord by Himself they
turn their backs in aversion. We know best for what they listen when
they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart- when the wrong-doers
say, 'Ye only follow a man enchanted.'
Behold, how they strike out for you parables, and err, and cannot
find the way!
They say, 'What! when we have become bones and rubbish are we to
be raised up a new creature?' Say, 'Be ye stones, or iron, or a
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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 Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: with other prisoners.
In the common cell he lived in the company of
twenty men, but felt as if he were quite alone.
He did not notice the presence of the rest; did not
speak to anybody, and was tormented by the old
agony. He felt it most of all when the men were
sleeping and he alone could not get one moment
of sleep. Continually he saw HER before his eyes,
heard her voice, and then again the black devils
with their horrible eyes came and tortured him in
the usual way.
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