| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach: Proverbs 4: 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Proverbs 4: 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Proverbs 4: 12 When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs 4: 13 Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is thy life.
Proverbs 4: 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4: 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 4: 16 For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 4: 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4: 18 But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Proverbs 4: 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 4: 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: Sid and Mary. Sid snuffled a bit and Mary went off
crying with all her heart.
Aunt Polly knelt down and prayed for Tom so touch-
ingly, so appealingly, and with such measureless love
in her words and her old trembling voice, that he was
weltering in tears again, long before she was through.
He had to keep still long after she went to bed, for
she kept making broken-hearted ejaculations from time
to time, tossing unrestfully, and turning over. But at
last she was still, only moaning a little in her sleep.
Now the boy stole out, rose gradually by the bedside,
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
