| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: whereabouts of the machine or its occupants. He cached por-
tions of his kills at different points, building cairns of rock
to
mark their locations. He crossed the first deep gorge and cir-
cled far beyond it. Occasionally he stopped and called aloud,
listening for some response but only silence rewarded him --
a sinister silence that his cries only accentuated.
Late in the evening of the second day he came to the well-
remembered gorge in which lay the clean-picked bones of the
ancient adventurer, and here, for the first time, Ska, the vul-
ture, picked up his trail. "Not this time, Ska," cried the ape-
Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach: Genesis 11: 13 And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11: 14 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.
Genesis 11: 15 And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11: 16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.
Genesis 11: 17 And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11: 18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
Genesis 11: 19 And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11: 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.
Genesis 11: 21 And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
Genesis 11: 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.
Genesis 11: 23 And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
The Tanach |
