| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: have died but for the coming of their men whom they met a
couple of hundred yards from the cage.
Once the white men had turned in flight Korak gave them no
further attention, turning instead to the imprisoned baboon.
The fastenings of the door that had eluded the mental powers of
the baboons, yielded their secret immediately to the human
intelligence of The Killer, and a moment later the king baboon
stepped forth to liberty. He wasted no breath in thanks to Korak,
nor did the young man expect thanks. He knew that none of the
baboons would ever forget his service, though as a matter of fact
he did not care if they did. What he had done had been prompted
The Son of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: implies. But whereby does He accomplish this, or what are His method
and means to this end? Answer: By the Christian Church, the forgiveness
of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. For,
in the first place, He has a peculiar congregation in the world, which
is the mother that begets and bears every Christian through the Word of
God, which He reveals and preaches, [and through which] He illumines
and enkindles hearts, that they understand, accept it, cling to it, and
persevere in it.
For where He does not cause it to be preached and made alive in the
heart, so that it is understood, it is lost, as was the case under the
Papacy, where faith was entirely put under the bench, and no one
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