| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: The momentum of the black carried him fifty paces
beyond the fallen horseman before his rider could rein
him in, then the black knight turned to view the havoc
he had wrought. The gray horse was just staggering
dizzily to his feet, but his mailed rider lay quiet and
still where he had fallen.
With raised visor the black knight rode back to the
side of his vanquished foe. There was a cruel smile
upon his lips as he leaned toward the prostrate form.
He spoke tauntingly, but there was no response, then
he prodded the fallen man with the point of his spear.
The Outlaw of Torn |
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 Silas Marner by George Eliot: The Christmas carol, with its hammer-like rhythm, had fallen on his
ears as strange music, quite unlike a hymn, and could have none of
the effect Dolly contemplated. But he wanted to show her that he
was grateful, and the only mode that occurred to him was to offer
Aaron a bit more cake.
"Oh, no, thank you, Master Marner," said Dolly, holding down
Aaron's willing hands. "We must be going home now. And so I wish
you good-bye, Master Marner; and if you ever feel anyways bad in
your inside, as you can't fend for yourself, I'll come and clean up
for you, and get you a bit o' victual, and willing. But I beg and
pray of you to leave off weaving of a Sunday, for it's bad for soul
Silas Marner |
