| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Koran: sent the rain of heaven upon them in copious showers, and made the
waters flow beneath them? Then we destroyed them in their sins, and
raised up other generations after them.
Had we sent down to thee a book on paper, and they had touched it
with their hands, still those who misbelieve would have said, 'This is
naught but obvious magic.' They say, 'Why has not an angel been sent
down to him?' but if we had sent down an angel, the affair would
have been decided, and then they would have had no respite.
And had we made him an angel, we should have made him as a man
too; and we would have made perplexing for them that which they deem
perplexing now.
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: that act of love which people seem to think they should only know
of through blasphemies and profanations! Either that act is a
thing of which people can speak without blushing--or else, sir,
it is a matter for the innuendoes of the cabaret and the
witticisms of the messroom! Pornography is admitted, but science
is not! I tell you, sir, that is the thing which must be
changed! We must elevate the soul of the young man by taking
these facts out of the realm of mystery and of slang. We must
awaken in him a pride in that creative power with which each one
of us is endowed. We must make him understand that he is a sort
of temple in which is prepared the future of the race, and we
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