| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: level of ceremonial in the matter. Different groups might
concentrate on different phases of religious thought and
practice. The only necessity would be that they should
approach the subject with a real love of Humanity in
their hearts and a real desire to come into touch with the deep
inner life and mystic growing-pains of the souls of men and
women in all ages. In this direction M. Loisy has done
noble and excellent work; but the dead weight and selfish
blinkerdom of the Catholic organization has hampered him
to that degree that he has been unable to get justice done
to his liberalizing designs--or, perhaps, even to reveal
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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 Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley: the rest of the world put together. And of course that only made
Tom the more anxious to go likewise.
"Miss Ellie," he said at last, "I will know why I cannot go with
you when you go home on Sundays, or I shall have no peace, and give
you none either."
"You must ask the fairies that."
So when the fairy, Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, came next, Tom asked her.
"Little boys who are only fit to play with sea-beasts cannot go
there," she said. "Those who go there must go first where they do
not like, and do what they do not like, and help somebody they do
not like."
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