| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: of their number, so that the noise of the combat would surely
have aroused the sleeping city had not the weakening of the sentry
begun to transfer the action farther and farther within the cavern.
As it was, the tumult soon receded altogether from sight in the
blackness, with only occasional evil echoes to mark its continuance.
Then the most alert of the ghouls gave the signal for all to
advance, and Carter followed the loping three out of the forest
of monoliths and into the dark noisome streets of that awful city
whose rounded towers of cyclopean stone soared up beyond the sight.
Silently they shambled over that rough rock pavement, hearing
with disgust the abominable muffled snortings from great black
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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 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: and then left the stable.
No doubt we were very foolish, but danger seemed to be all round,
and there was nobody we knew to trust in, and all was strange and uncertain.
The fresh air that had come in through the open door made it
easier to breathe, but the rushing sound overhead grew louder,
and as I looked upward through the bars of my empty rack I saw a red light
flickering on the wall. Then I heard a cry of "Fire!" outside,
and the old hostler quietly and quickly came in; he got one horse out,
and went to another, but the flames were playing round the trapdoor,
and the roaring overhead was dreadful.
The next thing I heard was James' voice, quiet and cheery, as it always was.
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