The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Koran: so ye do.'
Said they, 'O our father! what ails thee that thou wilt not trust us
with Joseph while we are unto him sincere? Send him with us
to-morrow to revel and to play, and, verily, we over him will keep
good guard.'
Said he, 'Verily, it grieves me that ye should go off with him,
for I fear lest the wolf devour him while ye of him do take no heed.'
Said they, 'Why, if the wolf should devour him while we are (such) a
band, verily, we then should deserve to lose!'
And when they had gone off with him and agreed to put him in the
depths of the pit, and we inspired him, 'Thou shalt surely inform them
The Koran |
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 Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: meanings packed up into one word.'
`I see it now,' Alice remarked thoughtfully: `and what are
"TOVES"?'
`Well, "TOVES" are something like badgers--they're something
like lizards--and they're something like corkscrews.'
`They must be very curious looking creatures.'
`They are that,' said Humpty Dumpty: `also they make their
nests under sun-dials--also they live on cheese.'
`Andy what's the "GYRE" and to "GIMBLE"?'
`To "GYRE" is to go round and round like a gyroscope. To
"GIMBLE" is to make holes like a gimlet.'
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