| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: sported merrily in and out of the ruins, and porpoises revelled
clumsily here and there, sometimes coming to the surface and leaping
clear out of the sea. As the ship drifted on a little the floor
of the ocean rose in hills, and one could clearly mark the lines
of ancient climbing streets and the washed-down walls of myriad
little houses.
Then the suburbs appeared, and finally a great
lone building on a hill, of simpler architecture than the other
structures, and in much better repair. It was dark and low and
covered four sides of a square, with a tower at each corner, a
paved court in the centre, and small curious round windows all
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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 Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: make the Magic Plant the most wonderful in existence."
"But these are only stories," said the girl. "Has any of your
friends ever picked a flower from the wonderful plant?"
"No," admitted the Cowardly Lion, "for if any living thing ventures
upon the Magic Isle, where the golden flower-pot stands, that man or
beast takes root in the soil and cannot get away again."
"What happens to them, then?" asked Dorothy.
"They grow smaller, hour by hour and day by day, and finally
disappear entirely."
"Then," said the girl anxiously, "we must hurry up, or Cap'n Bill
an' Trot will get too small to be comf'table."
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