| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Koran: is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who wishes to have
preference over you, and had God pleased He would have sent angels; we
have not heard of this amongst our fathers of yore: he is nothing
but a man possessed; let him bide then for a season.'
Said he, 'Help me, for they call me liar!'
And we inspired him, 'Make the ark under our eyes and inspiration;
and when the oven boils over, conduct into it of every kind two,
with thy family, except him of them against whom the word "has passed;
and do not address me for those who do wrong, verily, they are to be
drowned!
'But when thou art settled, thou and those with thee in the ark,
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy: pushed one corner of it through the plush.
The sun was getting high in the heavens, and Polikey having slept
but little the previous night and feeling its warm rays fell fast
asleep, after first pressing his hat more firmly on his head. By
this action he forced the envelope still further through the
plush, and as he rode along his head bobbed up and down.
Polikey did not awake till he arrived near his own house, and his
first act was to put his hand to his head to learn if his hat was
all right. Finding that it was in its place, he did not think it
necessary to examine it and see that the money was safe.
Touching the mare gently with the whip she started into a trot,
The Kreutzer Sonata |
