| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: glance upon me. He had apparently learned to know the persons
belonging to my circle; and he followed them when he saw them turning
in the direction of my box, in order to obtain the benefit of the
opening door. I also found my mysterious adorer at the Italian opera-
house; there he had a stall directly opposite to my box, where he
could gaze at me in naive ecstasy--oh! it was pretty! On leaving
either house I always found him planted in the lobby, motionless; he
was elbowed and jostled, but he never moved. His eyes grew less
brilliant if he saw me on the arm of some favorite. But not a word,
not a letter, no demonstration. You must acknowledge that was in good
taste. Sometimes, on getting home late at night, I found him sitting
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach: Leviticus 26: 10 And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old from before the new.
Leviticus 26: 11 And I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
Leviticus 26: 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be My people.
Leviticus 26: 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Leviticus 26: 14 But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus 26: 15 and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant;
Leviticus 26: 16 I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus 26: 17 And I will set My face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies; they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Leviticus 26: 18 And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26: 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.
 The Tanach |