| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: ape-thing with the tiny fangs and the puny talons would be
helpless before him.
The heavy limb bent beneath the weight of the two beasts
as Sheeta crept cautiously out upon it and Tarzan backed
slowly away, growling. The wind had risen to the proportions
of a gale so that even the greatest giants of the forest swayed,
groaning, to its force and the branch upon which the two
faced each other rose and fell like the deck of a storm-tossed
ship. Goro was now entirely obscured, but vivid flashes of
lightning lit up the jungle at brief intervals, revealing the
grim
Tarzan the Untamed |
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 Master Key by L. Frank Baum: them to his eyes. Then he gave a whistle of surprise and turned his
back upon his new friend. He had seen upon the Frenchman's forehead
the letters "E" and "C."
"Guess I've struck the wrong sort of scientist, after all!" he
muttered, in a disgusted tone.
His companion was quick to prove the accuracy of the Character Marker.
Seeing the boy's back turned, he seized a long iron bar that was used
to operate the telescope, and struck at Rob so fiercely that had he
not worn the Garment of Protection his skull would have been crushed by
the blow. At it was, the bar rebounded with a force that sent the
murderous Frenchman sprawling upon the roof, and Rob turned around and
The Master Key |
