| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: binding the incision securely.
The waiting was gruesome, but
West never faltered. Every now and then he applied his stethoscope
to the specimen, and bore the negative results philosophically.
After about three-quarters of an hour without the least sign of
life he disappointedly pronounced the solution inadequate, but
determined to make the most of his opportunity and try one change
in the formula before disposing of his ghastly prize. We had that
afternoon dug a grave in the cellar, and would have to fill it
by dawn -- for although we had fixed a lock on the house, we wished
to shun even the remotest risk of a ghoulish discovery. Besides,
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: humanitate provinciae longissime absunt, minimeque ad eos mercatores saepe
commeant atque ea quae ad effeminandos animos pertinent important,
proximique sunt Germanis, qui trans Rhenum incolunt, quibuscum continenter
bellum gerunt. Qua de causa Helvetii quoque reliquos Gallos virtute
praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis proeliis cum Germanis contendunt, cum aut
suis finibus eos prohibent aut ipsi in eorum finibus bellum gerunt.
[Eorum una, pars, quam Gallos obtinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine
Rhodano, continetur Garumna flumine, Oceano, finibus Belgarum, attingit
etiam ab Sequanis et Helvetiis flumen Rhenum, vergit ad septentriones.
Belgae ab extremis Galliae finibus oriuntur, pertinent ad inferiorem
partem fluminis Rheni, spectant in septentrionem et orientem solem.
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