| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: the nature of facts and sensations connected with her person and
with my conduct.
And I must say also that Mr. Burns' intolerable fussing with those
potatoes was not calculated to make me forget the part which I had
played. He looked upon it as a purely commercial transaction of a
particularly foolish kind, and his devotion - if it was devotion
and not mere cussedness as I came to regard it before long -
inspired him with a zeal to minimise my loss as much as possible.
Oh, yes! He took care of those infamous potatoes with a vengeance,
as the saying goes.
Everlastingly, there was a tackle over the after-hatch and
'Twixt Land & Sea |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they
have shed innocent blood in their land.
JOE 3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation
to generation.
JOE 3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for
the LORD dwelleth in Zion. AMO 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among
the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of
Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king
of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
AMO 1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice
from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and
King James Bible |
