| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: filled his heart showed itself upon his face.
"I guess it be better so," he said quietly. "The daugh-
ter of a De Montfort could scarcely be happy with a
nameless adventurer," he added, a little bitterly.
"You wrong her, my friend," said Mary de Stutevill,
she loved you,--and unless I know not the friend of my
childhood as well as I know myself, she loves you yet;
but Bertrade de Montfort is a proud woman and what
can you expect when she hears no word from you for
a year? Thought you that she would seek you out and
implore you to rescue her from the alliance her father
The Outlaw of Torn |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: to Sidi Aissa. Thus, seven guns strong, they entertained little
fear of attack by day, and if all went well they should reach
Bou Saada before nightfall.
A brisk wind enveloped them in the blowing sand of the
desert, until Tarzan's lips were parched and cracked. What
little he could see of the surrounding country was far from
alluring--a vast expanse of rough country, rolling in little,
barren hillocks, and tufted here and there with clumps of
dreary shrub. Far to the south rose the dim lines of the
Saharan Atlas range. How different, thought Tarzan, from
the gorgeous Africa of his boyhood!
The Return of Tarzan |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Letters from England by Elizabeth Davis Bancroft: expectation we have been out almost every day since our arrival. We
made our DEBUT in London on the first day of November (the suicidal
month you know) in the midst of an orange-colored fog, in which you
could not see your hand before you. The prospect for the winter
seemed, I must say, rather "triste," but the next day the fog
cleared off, people came constantly to see us, and we had agreeable
invitations for every day, and London put on a new aspect. Out
first dinner was at Lord Palmerston's, where we met what the
newspapers call a distinguished circle. The Marquis of Lansdowne,
Lord and Lady John Russell, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
(Canning's daughter), Earl and Countess Grey, Sir George and Lady
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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 Rig Veda: closely followed Savitar's dominion.
4 What was spread out she weaves afresh, re-weaving: the skilful
leaves his labour half-completed.
He hath arisen from rest, and parted seasons: Savitar hath
approached,
God, holy-minded.
5 Tlirough various dwellings, through entire existence, spreads,
manifest, the household light of Agni.
The Mother gives her Son the goodliest portion, and Savitar
hath sped
to meet his summons.
The Rig Veda |
