| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from La Grenadiere by Honore de Balzac: anguish. The oval of her face was somewhat long; but happiness and
health had perhaps filled and perfected the outlines. A forced smile,
full of quiet sadness, hovered continually on her pale lips; but when
the children, who were always with her, looked up at their mother, or
asked one of the incessant idle questions which convey so much to a
mother's ears, then the smile brightened, and expressed the joys of a
mother's love. Her gait was slow and dignified. Her dress never
varied; evidently she had made up her mind to think no more of her
toilette, and to forget a world by which she meant no doubt to be
forgotten. She wore a long, black gown, confined at the waist by a
watered-silk ribbon, and by way of scarf a lawn handkerchief with a
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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 Koran: recompense the patient with their hire for the best deeds they have
done.
Whoso acts aright, male or female, and is a believer, we will
quicken with a goodly life; and we will recompense them with their
hire for the best deeds they have done.
When thou dost read the Koran ask refuge with God from Satan the
pelted one.
Verily, he has no power over those who believe and who upon their
Lord rely. His power is only over those who take him for a patron, and
over the idolaters.
And whenever we change one verse for another,- God knows best what
The Koran |
