| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: fellow of the previous evening, millions of degrees remote from his
hosts, but laconically playing up to them to the required amount, and
never coming forth to them for a moment. Connie felt he must have
forgotten the morning. He had not forgotten. But he knew where he
was...in the same old place outside, where the born outsiders are. He
didn't take the love-making altogether personally. He knew it would not
change him from an ownerless dog, whom everybody begrudges its golden
collar, into a comfortable society dog.
The final fact being that at the very bottom of his soul he WASan
outsider, and anti-social, and he accepted the fact inwardly, no matter
how Bond-Streety he was on the outside. His isolation was a necessity
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac: gateway before him; and this, in spite of his habits of
circumspection, he in nowise failed to do. The gates were left ajar,
moreover--another piece of carelessness!
Encouraged by this countrified trust in all comers, the officer
entered the yard without ceremony, and tethered his horse to the bars
of the gate. While he was knotting the bridle, a neighing sound from
the stable caused both horse and rider to turn their eyes
involuntarily in that direction. The door opened, and an old servant
put out his head. He wore a red woolen bonnet, exactly like the
Phrygian cap in which Liberty is tricked out, a piece of head-gear in
common use in this country.
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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 Othello by William Shakespeare: Or else dries vp: to be discarded thence,
Or keepe it as a Cesterne, for foule Toades
To knot and gender in. Turne thy complexion there:
Patience, thou young and Rose-lip'd Cherubin,
I heere looke grim as hell
Des. I hope my Noble Lord esteemes me honest
Othe. Oh I, as Sommer Flyes are in the Shambles,
That quicken euen with blowing. Oh thou weed:
Who art so louely faire, and smell'st so sweete,
That the Sense akes at thee,
Would thou had'st neuer bin borne
Othello |
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 Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: weapon to employ with this impudent fellow.
"Senor, no Chaves ever forgets an insult. Last night you, a
common American, insulted me grossly--me, Lieutenant Ferdinand
Chaves, me, of the bluest Castilian blood." He struck himself
dramatically on the breast. "I submit, senor, but I vow revenge.
I promised myself to spit on you, to spit on your Stars and
Stripes, the flag of a nation of dirty traders. Ha! I do so now
in spirit. The hour I have longed for is come."
Bucky took one step forward. His eyes had grown opaque and
flinty. "Take care, you cur."
Swiftly Chaves hurried on without pressing the point. He had a
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