| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: called down upon these men had come. But their joy was driven back
within their souls by a terrible fear; the gendarmes were still heard
coming and going in the garrets.
The /spy/--noun of strength, under which all shades of the police are
confounded, for the public has never chosen to specify in language the
varieties of those who compose this dispensary of social remedies so
essential to all governments--the spy has this curious and magnificent
quality: he never becomes angry; he possesses the Christian humility
of a priest; his eyes are stolid with an indifference which he holds
as a barrier against the world of fools who do not understand him; his
forehead is adamant under insult; he pursues his ends like a reptile
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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 The Koran: And when he came to himself, he said, 'Celebrated be thy praise! I
turn repentant unto Thee, and I am the first of those who are
resigned.'
He said, 'O Moses! verily, I have chosen thee over the people with
my messages and my words, take then what I have brought thee, and be
of those who thank.' And we wrote for him upon tablets an admonition
concerning everything, and a detailing of everything: 'Take them
then with firmness, and bid thy people take them for what is best
thereof. I will show you the abode of those who work abominations; I
will turn from my signs those who are big with pride in the earth
without right; and if they see every sign they shall not believe
The Koran |
