| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Koran: those whom we saved; but the evildoers followed what they enjoyed, and
were sinners.
Thy Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while the
people of them were welldoers.
Had thy Lord pleased, He would have made men one nation; but they
will not cease to differ, save those they Lord has had mercy on. For
this has He created them, and the word of thy Lord is fulfilled, 'I
will surely fill hell with ginns and mankind altogether.'
And all that we relate to thee of the stories of the apostles is
what will stablish thy heart: and herein has the truth come to thee,
and an admonition and a reminder to the believers.
 The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: After all, everything was coming right. There would be still time for us
to get more of the magic stone that gives one mastery over men. Away
there, close handy, was gold for the picking up; and the sphere would
travel as well half full of gold as though it were empty. We could go
back now, masters of ourselves and our world, and then -
I roused myself at last, and with an effort got myself out of the sphere.
I shivered as I emerged, for the evening air was growing very cold. I
stood in the hollow staring about me. I scrutinised the bushes round me
very carefully before I leapt to the rocky shelf hard by, and took once
more what had been my first leap in the moon. But now I made it with no
effort whatever.
 The First Men In The Moon |