| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: unity at last.
Jim lay on his back, limp and still, obliquely
across the couch, his breast bared in the struggle, the
blood oozing a widening scarlet blot on his white
shirt. His head had fallen backward over the edge and
could not be seen.
Without moving a muscle, her body crouching, Nance
spoke:
"You wuz awake--you heered?"
"Yes!"
The gleaming eyes burned through the gray dawn, two
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the Valley Dor, where lies the Lost Sea of Korus,
she had encountered several of these sad reminders
of the greatness and the glory of ancient Barsoom.
And again, during her flight from the temples of the
Holy Therns with Tars Tarkas, Jeddak of Thark, she had
seen them, with their weird and ghostly inmates, the
great white apes of Barsoom.
She knew, too, that many of them were used now by
the nomadic tribes of green men, but that among them
all was no city that the red men did not shun, for without
exception they stood amidst vast, waterless tracts,
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: followed every movement of the advancing tribe. They were
upwind, and presently he caught their scent, though he had
not needed this added evidence to assure him that he was right.
As they came closer to the amphitheater Tarzan of the Apes
melted into the branches upon the other side of the arena.
There he waited to inspect the newcomers. Nor had he long
to wait.
Presently a fierce, hairy face appeared among the lower
branches opposite him. The cruel little eyes took in the
clearing at a glance, then there was a chattered report
returned to those behind. Tarzan could hear the words.
The Return of Tarzan |
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 Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: change in the nature of our feeling for one another. It placed
us on the footing of brother and sister.
VIVIE. Yes.
FRANK. Have you ever had a brother?
VIVIE. No.
FRANK. Then you dont know what being brother and sister feels
like? Now I have lots of sisters; and the fraternal feeling is
quite familiar to me. I assure you my feeling for you is not the
least in the world like it. The girls will go t h e i r way; I
will go mine; and we shant care if we never see one another
again. Thats brother and sister. But as to you, I cant be easy
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