| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart: men, for instance, lead lives that would break you or me. Was there
- was there such a history in this case?"
"Yes." Doctor David's voice was reluctant.
"The mind is a strange thing," went on the little man, musingly.
"It has its censors, that go off duty during sleep. Our sternest
and often unconscious repressions pass them then, and emerge in the
form of dreams. But of course you know all that. Dream symbolism.
Does the person in this case dream? That would be interesting,
perhaps important."
"I don't know," David said unhappily.
"The walling off, you say, followed a shock?"
The Breaking Point |
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 The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: a man about to be hanged to eat a hearty meal. I did not enjoy my
dinner that night.
Before we got into Washington I had made an arrangement with Johnson
to surrender myself at two the following afternoon. Also, I had
wired to Alison, asking her if she would carry out the contract she
had made. The detective saw me home, and left me there. Mrs.
Klopton received me with dignified reserve. The very tone in which
she asked me when I would dine told me that something was wrong.
"Now - what is it, Mrs. Klopton?" I demanded finally, when she had
informed me, in a patient and long-suffering tone, that she felt
worn out and thought she needed a rest.
The Man in Lower Ten |
