| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Iliad by Homer: cannot come, for he cannot fight without armour. What then will
be our best plan both as regards rescuing the dead, and our own
escape from death amid the battle-cries of the Trojans?"
Ajax answered, "Menelaus, you have said well: do you, then, and
Meriones stoop down, raise the body, and bear it out of the fray,
while we two behind you keep off Hector and the Trojans, one in
heart as in name, and long used to fighting side by side with one
another."
On this Menelaus and Meriones took the dead man in their arms and
lifted him high aloft with a great effort. The Trojan host raised
a hue and cry behind them when they saw the Achaeans bearing the
The Iliad |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Koran: and be steadfast in prayer, and give alms;' and then ye turned back,
save a few of you, and swerved aside.
And when we took covenant from you, 'shed ye not your kinsman's
blood, nor turn your kinsmen out of their homes:' then did ye
confirm it and were witnesses thereto. Yet ye were those who slay your
kinsmen and turn a party out of their homes, and back each other up
against them with sin and enmity. But if they come to you as
captives ye ransom them!- and yet it is as unlawful for you to turn
them out. Do ye then believe in part of the Book and disbelieve in
part? But the reward of such among you as do that shall be. nought
else but disgrace in this worldly life, and on the day of the
The Koran |
