| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: daily pray because it has this excellent testimony, that God loves to
hear it, which we ought not to surrender for all the riches of the
world.
And it has been prescribed also for this reason that we should see and
consider the distress which ought to urge and compel us to pray without
ceasing. For whoever would pray must have something to present, state,
and name which he desires; if not, it cannot be called a prayer.
Therefore we have rightly rejected the prayers of monks and priests,
who howl and growl day and night like fiends; but none of them think of
praying for a hair's breadth of anything. And if we would assemble all
the churches, together with all ecclesiastics, they would be obliged to
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Then let's move on," proposed Cap'n Bill. He still
held in his hand one lighted candle, so Trot blew out
the other flame and placed her candle in the sailor's
big pocket. She knew it was not wise to burn two
candles at once.
The tunnel was straight and smooth and very easy to
walk through, so they made good progress. Trot thought
that the tunnel began about two miles from the cavern
where they had been cast by the whirlpool, but now it
was impossible to guess the miles traveled, for they
walked steadily for hours and hours without any change
The Scarecrow of Oz |
