| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: This book prepared by:
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THE GREAT GOD PAN
by
ARTHUR MACHEN
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THE EXPERIMENT
"I am glad you came, Clarke; very glad indeed. I was
not sure you could spare the time."
The Great God Pan |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: wide field between the Trumbull mansion and Jim
Simmons's house, and he read about Robin Hood
and his Greenwood adventures, his forcible setting
the wrong right; and for the first time his imagina-
tion awoke, and his ambition. Johnny Trumbull,
hitherto hero of nothing except little material fist-
fights, wished now to become a hero of true romance.
In fact, Johnny considered seriously the possi-
bility of reincarnating, in his own person, Robin
Hood. He eyed the wide green field dreamily
through his rain-blurred window. It was a pretty
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde: 'Flee away,' said his Soul, 'for ever doth the sea come nigher, and
if thou tarriest it will slay thee. Flee away, for I am afraid,
seeing that thy heart is closed against me by reason of the
greatness of thy love. Flee away to a place of safety. Surely
thou wilt not send me without a heart into another world?'
But the young Fisherman listened not to his Soul, but called on the
little Mermaid and said, 'Love is better than wisdom, and more
precious than riches, and fairer than the feet of the daughters of
men. The fires cannot destroy it, nor can the waters quench it. I
called on thee at dawn, and thou didst not come to my call. The
moon heard thy name, yet hadst thou no heed of me. For evilly had
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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 Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: arriving of all this cargo from England; and talking with me
after he saw the account of this particular, 'My dear,' says he,
'what is the meaning of all this? I fear you will run us too
deep in debt: when shall we be able to make return for it all?'
I smiled, and told him that is was all paid for; and then I told
him, that what our circumstances might expose us to, I had
not taken my whole stock with me, that I had reserved so
much in my friend's hands, which now we were come over
safe, and was settled in a way to live, I had sent for, as he
might see.
He was amazed, and stood a while telling upon his fingers,
Moll Flanders |
