| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: of confidence and well - being instantly coursed through his veins.
"Thanks, Joiwind! But am I not weakening you?"
"Yes," she replied, with a quick, thrilling glance. "But not much -
and it gives me great happiness."
Presently they met a fantastic little creature, the size of a new -
born lamb, waltzing along on three legs. Each leg in turn moved to
the front, and so the little monstrosity proceeded by means of a
series of complete rotations. It was vividly coloured, as though it
had been dipped into pots of bright blue and yellow paint. It looked
up with small, shining eyes, as they passed.
Joiwind nodded and smiled to it. "That's a personal friend of mine,
|
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: caught sight of a way-sign, so that he knew they were still on
a road and that there was nothing for him to be concerned
about.
Vasili Andreevich drove on, leaving it to the horse to keep to
the road. But Mukhorty, though he had had a breathing-space in
the village, ran reluctantly, and seemed now and then to get
off the road, so that Vasili Andreevich had repeatedly to
correct him.
'Here's a stake to the right, and another, and here's a third,'
Vasili Andreevich counted, 'and here in front is the forest,'
thought he, as he looked at something dark in front of him.
Master and Man |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: the dead, etc., according to the Apostles' Creed.
Article IV: Of Justification.
Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by
their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified
for Christ's sake, through faith, when they believe that they
are received into favor, and that their sins are forgiven for
Christ's sake, who, by His death, has made satisfaction for
our sins. This faith God imputes for righteousness in His
sight. Rom. 3 and 4.
Article V: Of the Ministry.
That we may obtain this faith, the Ministry of Teaching the
|
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 Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house
in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and
bring the earth again beneath his sway. Some day he would call,
when the stars were ready, and the secret cult would always be
waiting to liberate him.
Meanwhile no more must be told. There
was a secret which even torture could not extract. Mankind was
not absolutely alone among the conscious things of earth, for
shapes came out of the dark to visit the faithful few. But these
were not the Great Old Ones. No man had ever seen the Old Ones.
The carven idol was great Cthulhu, but none might say whether
Call of Cthulhu |
