The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: of the land and the titan mountains, might conceal. We wondered,
too, whether the trace of mountaintop smoke at first suspected
by poor Lake, as well as the odd haze we had ourselves perceived
around the rampart-crowned peak, might not be caused by the tortuous-channeled
rising of some such vapor from the unfathomed regions of earth’s
core.
Entering the tunnel, we saw that its outline was - at
least at the start - about fifteen feet each way - sides, floor,
and arched roof composed of the usual megalithic masonry. The
sides were sparsely decorated with cartouches of conventional
designs in a late, decadent style; and all the construction and
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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 The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville: they that be unmarried have none such.
And after at the right side of the emperor first sitteth his eldest
son that shall reign after him. And he sitteth also one degree
lower than the emperor, in such manner of sieges as do the
empresses. And after him sit other great lords of his lineage,
every of them a degree lower than the other, as they be of estate.
And the emperor hath his table alone by himself, that is of gold
and of precious stones, or of crystal bordered with gold, and full
of precious stones or of amethysts, or of lignum aloes that cometh
out of paradise, or of ivory bound or bordered with gold. And
every one of his wives hath also her table by herself. And his
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