| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: famine; the harsh and jarring contact with elemental life; the
aching void which mere animal existence could not fill. And
there, seduction by his side, whispering of brighter, warmer
lands, of music, light, and joy, called the old times back again.
He visioned it unconsciously. Faces rushed in upon him; glimpses
of forgotten scenes, memories of merry hours; strains of song and
trills of laughter -
"Come, Dave, Come. I have for both. The way is soft." She
looked about her at the bare furnishings of the cabin. "I have
for both. The world is at our feet, and all joy is ours. Come!
come!"
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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 Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne:
they seek to glorify God, let them not lift heavenward their
unclean hands! If they would serve their fellowmen, let them do
it by making manifest the power and reality of conscience, in
constraining them to penitential self-abasement! Would thou have
me to believe, O wise and pious friend, that a false show can be
better -- can be more for God's glory, or man' welfare -- than
God's own truth? Trust me, such men deceive themselves!"
The Scarlet Letter |
