| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: are wanton and dissolute must be told to stay away; for they are not
prepared to receive forgiveness of sin since they do not desire it and
do not wish to be godly. But the others, who are not such callous and
wicked people, and desire to be godly, must not absent themselves, even
though otherwise they be feeble and full of infirmities, as St. Hilary
also has said: If any one have not committed sin for which he can
rightly be put out of the congregation and esteemed as no Christian, he
ought not stay away from the Sacrament, lest he may deprive himself of
life. For no one will make such progress that he will not retain many
daily infirmities in flesh and blood.
Therefore such people must learn that it is the highest art to know
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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 Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: great care must be taken to go on fitting, and this, as Wendy was
to discover to her delight, keeps a whole family in perfect
condition.
Wendy and Michael fitted their trees at the first try, but John
had to be altered a little.
After a few days' practice they could go up and down as gaily
as buckets in a well. And how ardently they grew to love their
home under the ground; especially Wendy. It consisted of one
large room, as all houses should do, with a floor in which you
could dig [for worms] if you wanted to go fishing, and in this
floor grew stout mushrooms of a charming colour, which were used
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