| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Koran: the Apostle of God, in order that they may desert him!'-but God's
are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites
have no sense!
They say, 'If we return to el Medinah, the mightier will surely
drive out the meaner therefrom;' but to God belongs the might, and
to His Apostle and to the believers; but the hypocrites do not know!
O ye who believe! let not your property nor your children divert you
from the remembrance of God,- for whosoever does that, they are
those who lose!
But expend in alms of what we have bestowed upon you before death
come on any one of you, and he says, 'My Lord! wouldst thou but have
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde: but the seamstresses are so lazy."
He passed over the river, and saw the lanterns hanging to the masts
of the ships. He passed over the Ghetto, and saw the old Jews
bargaining with each other, and weighing out money in copper
scales. At last he came to the poor house and looked in. The boy
was tossing feverishly on his bed, and the mother had fallen
asleep, she was so tired. In he hopped, and laid the great ruby on
the table beside the woman's thimble. Then he flew gently round
the bed, fanning the boy's forehead with his wings. "How cool I
feel," said the boy, "I must be getting better"; and he sank into a
delicious slumber.
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