| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the friendly prahu, or smaller sampan which he knew time
would eventually bring from up or down the river to his rescue,
for who of the surrounding natives would dare refuse succor
to the powerful Rajah of Sakkan!
At the long-house which harbored Ninaka and his crew,
Barunda and Bulan stopped with theirs to obtain
food and rest. The quick eye of the Dyak chieftain
recognized the prahu of Rajah Muda Saffir where it
lay upon the beach, but he said nothing to his white
companion of what it augured--it might be well to
discover how the land lay before he committed himself
The Monster Men |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: the heavens. It seemed more luminous and radiant, and was in fact
like the afterglow of a gorgeous blue sunset.
Maskull kept on looking. The more he gazed, the more restless and
noble became his feelings. "What is that light?"
Panawe was sterner than usual, while his wife clung to his arm. "It
is Alppain - our second sun," he replied. "Those hills are the
Ifdawn Marest.... Now let us get to our shelter."
"Is it imagination, or am I really being affected - tormented by that
light?"
"No, it's not imagination - it's real. How can it be otherwise when
two suns, of different natures, are drawing you at the same time?
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