| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: not a turn in the breeze blown the skirt of his college gown
within the range of his vision, and so reminded him. He at once
diverted the current of his narrative with the dexterity the
occasion demanded.
'The story of the Levite who journeyed to Bethlehem-judah, from
which I took my text the Sunday before last, is quite to the
point,' he continued, with the pronunciation of a man who, far
from having intended to tell a week-day story a moment earlier,
had thought of nothing but Sabbath matters for several weeks.
'What did he gain after all by his restlessness? Had he remained
in the city of the Jebusites, and not been so anxious for Gibeah,
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
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 Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: A hundred years hence this earth will be much larger than it is now."
"And how will that, monsieur, come to pass?" said Gazonal, stupefied
at hearing a man outside of a lunatic asylum talk in this way.
"Through the extending of production. If men will apply The System, it
will not be impossible to act upon the stars."
"What would become of painting in that case?" asked Gazonal.
"It would be magnified."
"Would our eyes be magnified too?" said Gazonal, looking at his two
friends significantly.
"Man will return to what he was before he became degenerate; our six-
feet men will then be dwarfs."
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