| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Koran: whosoever is guided it is for his own soul: but whoso goes astray it
is against them, and thou art not a guardian for them.
God takes to Himself souls at the time of their death; and those
which do not die (He takes) in their sleep; and He holds back those on
whom He has decreed death, and sends others back till their
appointed time;-verily, in that are signs unto a people who reflect.
Do they take besides God intercessors? Say, 'What! though they
have no control over anything and have no sense.'
Say, 'God's is the intercession, all of it; His is the kingdom of
the heavens and the earth; then unto Him shall ye be sent back.'
And when God alone is mentioned the hearts of those who believe
 The Koran |
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 Ursula by Honore de Balzac: "Ta, ta, ta! now don't talk to me about that little lady-killer
Savinien. You'd pay too high a price for his name, and for that little
moustache curled up at the points like two hooks, and his black hair.
How do you expect to manage on seven thousand francs a year, with a
man who made two hundred thousand francs of debt in two years? Besides
--though this is a thing you don't know yet--all men are alike; and
without flattering myself too much, I may say that my Desire is the
equal of a king's son."
"You forget, madame, the danger your son is in at this moment; which
can, perhaps, be averted only by Monsieur de Portenduere's desire to
please me. If he knew that you had made me these unworthy proposals
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