| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the realm.
It was two days before the absence of De Vac was
noted, and then it was that one of the lords in waiting
to the King reminded his majesty of the episode of the
fencing bout, and a motive for the abduction of the
King's little son became apparent.
An edict was issued requiring the examination of
every child in England, for on the left breast of the little
Prince was a birthmark which closely resembled a lily,
and when after a year no child was found bearing such
a mark and no trace of De Vac uncovered, the search
The Outlaw of Torn |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Dreams by Olive Schreiner: now of the land where it is always night. Then he stepped into it, and
there was no light there. With his hands he groped; but each branch as he
touched it broke off, and the earth was covered with cinders. At every step
his foot sank in, and a fine cloud of impalpable ashes flew up into his
face; and it was dark. So he sat down upon a stone and buried his face in
his hands, to wait in the Land of Negation and Denial till the light came.
And it was night in his heart also.
Then from the marshes to his right and left cold mists arose and closed
about him. A fine, imperceptible rain fell in the dark, and great drops
gathered on his hair and clothes. His heart beat slowly, and a numbness
crept through all his limbs. Then, looking up, two merry wisp lights came
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