| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm: every one: but she laughed more than all at a good king who was there.
'Look at him,' said she; 'his beard is like an old mop; he shall be
called Grisly-beard.' So the king got the nickname of Grisly-beard.
But the old king was very angry when he saw how his daughter behaved,
and how she ill-treated all his guests; and he vowed that, willing or
unwilling, she should marry the first man, be he prince or beggar,
that came to the door.
Two days after there came by a travelling fiddler, who began to play
under the window and beg alms; and when the king heard him, he said,
'Let him come in.' So they brought in a dirty-looking fellow; and when
he had sung before the king and the princess, he begged a boon. Then
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: His real name was Mirza Ali Muhammad, but he called
himself thenceforth The Bab, i.e. the Gate ("I am the Way");
and gradually there gathered round him disciples, drawn
by the fascination of his personality and the devotion
of his character. But with the rapid increase of his
following great jealousy and hatred were excited among the
Mullahs, the upholders of a fanatical and narrow-
minded Mahommedanism and quite corresponding to the
Scribes and Pharisees of the New Testament. By them
he was denounced to the Turkish Government. He was
arrested on a charge of causing political disturbance, and
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
