| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: strength and intelligence of an elephant, make excellent
draft animals.
Around Sari and Amoz the men are domesticating the
great striped antelope, the meat of which is most de-
licious. I am sure that it will not be long before they
will have them broken to harness and saddle. The horses
of Pellucidar are far too diminutive for such uses, some
species of them being little larger than fox-terriers.
Dian and I live in a great palace overlooking the gulf.
There is no glass in our windows, for we have no win-
dows, the walls rising but a few feet above the floor-line,
Pellucidar |
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 A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: They went into the other rooms on the lower floor - a scullery, a
barely furnished dining room, and a storing place for lumber. The
same dirt, mustiness, and neglect met their eyes. At least half a
year must have elapsed since these rooms were last touched, or even
entered.
"Does your faith in Krag still hold?" asked Maskull. "I confess mine
is at vanishing point. If this affair isn't one big practical joke,
it has every promise of being one. Krag never lived here in his
life."
"Come upstairs first," said Nightspore.
The upstairs rooms proved to consist of a library and three bedrooms.
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