The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: mental bugbears, why does she not discard him at
once?
LETITIA
Why, she thinks her word too sacred to be trifled
with. Besides, her father, who has a great respect
for the memory of his deceased friend, is ever tell-
ing her how he shall renew his years in their union,
and repeating the dying injunctions of old Van
Dumpling.
CHARLOTTE
A mighty pretty story! And so you would make
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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 Rig Veda: 1. WISE, verily, are creatures through his greatness who stayed
ever,
spacious heaven and earth asunder;
Who urged the high and mighty sky to motion, the Star of old,
and
spread the earth before him.
2 With mine own heart I commune on the question how Varuna
and I may
be united.
What gift of mine will he accept unangered? When may I calmly
look and
The Rig Veda |