The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD:
LEV 2:3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his
sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire.
LEV 2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the
oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or
unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
LEV 2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall
be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
LEV 2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: Did she see her doom approaching so clearly that she knew there was
no escape?
Muller breathed a deep breath before he continued his reading.
Later on his breath came more quickly still, and he clinched his
fist several times, as if deeply moved. He was not a cold man,
only thoroughly self-controlled. In his breast there lived an
unquenchable hatred of all evil. It was this that awakened the
talents which made him the celebrated detective he had become.
"I fear that it will be impossible for any one to save me now, but
perhaps I may be avenged. Therefore I will write down here all
that has happened to me since I set out on my journey." These were
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