| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: from elsewhere on board the fishing vessels, for the fishermen
to take each of them to his own place. They then met angrily in
the place of assembly, and when they were got together Eupeithes
rose to speak. He was overwhelmed with grief for the death of
his son Antinous, who had been the first man killed by Ulysses,
so he said, weeping bitterly, "My friends, this man has done the
Achaeans great wrong. He took many of our best men away with him
in his fleet, and he has lost both ships and men; now, moreover,
on his return he has been killing all the foremost men among the
Cephallenians. Let us be up and doing before he can get away to
Pylos or to Elis where the Epeans rule, or we shall be ashamed
The Odyssey |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne: A small iron bedstead, a table, some articles for the toilet; the whole
lighted by a skylight. No comforts, the strictest necessaries only.
Captain Nemo pointed to a seat.
"Be so good as to sit down," he said. I seated myself,
and he began thus:
CHAPTER XI
ALL BY ELECTRICITY
"Sir," said Captain Nemo, showing me the instruments hanging on the walls
of his room, "here are the contrivances required for the navigation of
the Nautilus. Here, as in the drawing-room, I have them always under my eyes,
and they indicate my position and exact direction in the middle of the ocean.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Koran: astray, but they only lead themselves astray, and they do not
perceive.
O people of the Book! why do ye disbelieve in the signs of God,
the while ye witness them? O people of the Book! why do ye clothe
the truth with falsehood and hide the truth the while ye know? A
sect of the people of the Book say, 'Believe in what was revealed to
those who believed at the first appearance of the day, and
disbelieve it at the end thereof,'- that (others) may perchance go
back (from their faith)- 'do not believe save one who followeth your
religion.'
Say, 'Verily, the (true) guidance is the guidance of God, that one
The Koran |
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 Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: y'u, girl, more than anything in this world."
"And so you try to prove it to me by running into a trap set for
you to take your life. That's a selfish kind of love, isn't it?
Or it would be if I loved you."
"Do y'u love me, Helen?"
"Why should I tell you, since you don't love me enough to give up
this quixotic madness?"
"Don't y'u see, dear, I can't give it up?"
"I see you won't. You care more for your pride than for me."
"No, it isn't that. I've got to go. It isn't that I want to leave
y'u, God knows. But I've given my word, and I must keep it. Do
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