| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not
Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
SA1 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I
will even do it for thee.
SA1 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new
moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go,
that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
SA1 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked
leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a
yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles: OEDIPUS
And thou shalt not be frustrate of thy wish.
Now my imaginings have gone so far.
Who has a higher claim that thou to hear
My tale of dire adventures? Listen then.
My sire was Polybus of Corinth, and
My mother Merope, a Dorian;
And I was held the foremost citizen,
Till a strange thing befell me, strange indeed,
Yet scarce deserving all the heat it stirred.
A roisterer at some banquet, flown with wine,
Oedipus Trilogy |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "Who is the victim?"
"Our pastor."
"How was he killed?"
We do not know."
"You are not a physician, then?" asked Muller, turning to Orszay.
"Yes, I am," answered the latter.
"Well?"
"The body is missing," said Orszay, somewhat sharply.
"Missing?" Muller became greatly interested. "Will you please
lead me to the scene of the crime?" he said, rising from his chair.
The others led him into the next room, the magistrate going ahead
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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 Koran: is a wave, above which is a cloud,-darknesses one above the
other,-when one puts out his hand he can scarcely see it; for he to
whom God has given no light, he has no light.
Hast thou not seen that God,-all who are in the heavens and the
earth celebrate His praises, and the birds too spreading out their
wings; each one knows its prayer and its praise, and God knows what
they do?
Hast thou not seen that God drives the clouds, and then re-unites
them, and then accumulates them, and thou mayest see the rain coming
forth from their midst; and He sends down from the sky mountains
with hail therein, and He makes it fall on whom He pleases, and He
The Koran |
