| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Koran: unto the worlds.
And of His signs is your sleep by night and by day; and your craving
after His grace. Verily, in that are signs unto a people who do hear.
And of His signs is this, that He shows you lightning for fear and
hope; and sends down from the sky water, and quickens therewith the
earth after its death; verily, in that are signs unto a people who
have sense.
And of His signs is this, that the heavens and the earth stand by
His order; then when He calls you from the earth, lo! ye shall come
forth. His are those who are in the heavens and the earth, and all
to Him are devoted. And He it is who produces a creation and then
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: tell me if this child is an evil spirit come to destroy our camp!"
she whispered loud.
Placing an ear close to the open baby mouth, the chieftain and
his wife, each in turn heard the voices of a great camp. The
singing of men and women, the beating of the drum, the rattling of
deer-hoofs strung like bells on a string, these were the sounds
they heard.
"We must go away," said the chieftain, leading them into the
night. Out in the open he whispered to the frightened young woman:
"Iya, the camp-eater, has come in the guise of a babe. Had you
gone to sleep, he would have jumped out into his own shape and
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