| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach: Exodus 16: 21 And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.
Exodus 16: 22 And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Exodus 16: 23 And he said unto them: 'This is that which the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.'
Exodus 16: 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not rot, neither was there any worm therein.
Exodus 16: 25 And Moses said: 'Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the LORD; to-day ye shall not find it in the field.
Exodus 16: 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.'
Exodus 16: 27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none.
Exodus 16: 28 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws?
Exodus 16: 29 See that the LORD hath given you the sabbath; therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh clay.'
 The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart: I received them in the living-room, and I had made up my mind
exactly what to tell. I had taken the house for the summer, I
said, while the Armstrongs were in California. In spite of a
rumor among the servants about strange noises--I cited Thomas--
nothing had occurred the first two nights. On the third
night I believed that some one had been m the house: I had heard
a crashing sound, but being alone with one maid had not
investigated. The house had been locked in the morning and
apparently undisturbed.
Then, as clearly as I could, I related how, the night before, a
shot had roused us; that my niece and I had investigated and
 The Circular Staircase |