The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: did not go away. My God! what was I to do? I loved you. I could not go away. I
could not help it. I stayed. I resolved, but I broke my resolves. I was like a
drunkard. I was drunk of you. I was weak, I know. I failed. I could not go
away. I tried. I went away--you will remember, though you did not know why.
You know now. I went away, but I could not remain away. Knowing that we could
never marry, I came back to you. I am here, now, with you. Send me away, Lute.
I have not the strength to go myself."
"But why should you go away?" she asked. "Besides, I must know why, before I
can send you away."
"Don't ask me."
"Tell me," she said, her voice tenderly imperative.
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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 Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: of "epidemic ideas" extended to religious com-
munities and congregations.
"We must not go to meet each other, but go
each of us to God. You say it is easier to go all
together? Why yes, to dig or to mow. But
one can only draw near to God in isolation
. . . I picture the world to myself as a vast
temple, in which the light falls from above in the
very centre. To meet together all must go to-
wards the light. There we shall find ourselves,
gathered from many quarters, united with men
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