| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: DEU 11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house,
and upon thy gates:
DEU 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your
children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give
them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
DEU 11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which
I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his
ways, and to cleave unto him;
DEU 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before
you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
DEU 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall
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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 Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: events it woke him, and his heart began to beat faster and
faster so that the sledge seemed to tremble under him. He
opened his eyes. Everything around him was just as before.
'It looks lighter,' he thought. 'I expect it won't be long
before dawn.' But he at once remembered that it was lighter
because the moon had risen. He sat up and looked first at the
horse. Mukhorty still stood with his back to the wind,
shivering all over. One side of the drugget, which was
completely covered with snow, had been blown back, the
breeching had slipped down and the snow-covered head with its
waving forelock and mane were now more visible. Vasili
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