| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach: Joshua 21: 29 Jarmuth with the open land about it, En-gannim with the open land about it; four cities.
Joshua 21: 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with the open land about it, Abdon with the open land about it;
Joshua 21: 31 Helkath with the open land about it, and Rehob with the open land about it; four cities.
Joshua 21: 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with the open land about it, and Kartan with the open land about it; three cities.
Joshua 21: 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with the open land about them.
Joshua 21: 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with the open land about it, and Kartah with the open land about it;
Joshua 21: 35 Dimnah with the open land about it, Nahalal with the open land about it; four cities.
Joshua 21: 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
Joshua 21: 37 Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it; four cities.
Joshua 21: 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with the open land about it;
 The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: The story thet come to us about Monty is this: He got caught out
in a prairie fire an' could hev saved himself easy, but there was
a lone ranch right in the line of fire, an' Monty knowed the
rancher was away, an' his wife an' baby was home. He knowed,
too, the way the wind was, thet the ranch-house would burn. It
was a long chance he was takin'. But he went over, put the woman
up behind him, wrapped the baby an' his hoss's haid in a wet
blanket, an' rode away. Thet was sure some ride, I've heerd. But
the fire ketched Monty at the last. The woman fell an' was lost,
an' then his hoss. An' Monty ran an' walked an' crawled through
the fire with thet baby, an' he saved it. Monty was never much
 The Light of Western Stars |