| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "I can hear nothing," I said, coming back into the boudoir.
"Look," said Silvia, pointing over my shoulder.
As I turned, something struck me on the cheek. I stooped and
picked it up. A piece of flexible cord about five inches long.
I swung round and looked at the girl. On the table a pair of
scissors lay by her side.
"Why have you done this?" I demanded.
She raised her eyebrows by way of answer and reached for a
cigarette. As she lighted it, I saw that her hand was trembling.
"Silvia, dear, surely you don't think- "
"Must you go?"
The Brother of Daphne |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: him remaining.
DEU 3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city
which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob,
the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
DEU 3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars;
beside unwalled towns a great many.
DEU 3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
DEU 3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a
prey to ourselves.
DEU 3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: Pete appeared disturbed.
"All right," said she, nodding her head at him. "All right for you!
We'll see the next time you ask me to go anywheres with you."
Pete squirmed.
"Say," he said, beseechingly, "come wid me a minit an' I'll tell yer why."
The woman waved her hand.
"Oh, that's all right, you needn't explain, you know. You wouldn't
come merely because you wouldn't come, that's all there is of it."
To Pete's visible distress she turned to the mere boy,
bringing him speedily from a terrific rage. He had been debating
whether it would be the part of a man to pick a quarrel with Pete,
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets |
The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Where There's A Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart: hotel, I'd never have thought of it. But I was in despair.
I got up and opened the door, but the Snow came in in a cloud,
and the path was half a foot deep again. It shows on what little
threads big things hang, for when I saw the storm I gave up the
idea of bringing Mr. Sam down to see the young man, and
the breath of fresh air in my face brought me to my senses.
But the angel of providence appeared in the shape of Mike, the
bath man, coming down through the snow in a tearing rage. The
instant I saw Mike I knew it was settled.
"Am I or am I not to give Mr. Moody a needle shower?" he shouted,
almost beside himself. And I saw he had his overcoat over his
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