| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Koran: we removed from them the plague until the appointed time which they
should reach, lo! then they broke their promise. But we took vengeance
on them, and we drowned them in the sea, for that they said our
signs were lies and were careless thereof. And we gave as an
inheritance unto the people who had been weak, the eastern quarters of
the earth and the western quarters thereof, which we had blest; and
the good word of thy Lord was fulfilled on the children of Israel, for
that they were patient; and we destroyed that which Pharaoh and his
people had made and that which they had piled. And with the children
of Israel we passed across the sea; and they came unto a people
devoted to their idols, and said, 'O Moses! make for us a god as
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from A Man of Business by Honore de Balzac: quantity of stamped paper full of diffuse lines and blanks, the
figures almost lost in vast spaces of completely empty ruled columns.
The first proceeding is to deduct the costs. Now, as the costs are
precisely the same whether the amount attached is one thousand or one
million francs, it is not difficult to eat up three thousand francs
(for instance) in costs, especially if you can manage to raise counter
applications."
"And an attorney always manages to do it," said Cardot. "How many a
time one of you has come to me with, 'What is there to be got out of
the case?' "
"It is particularly easy to manage it if the debtor eggs you on to run
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