| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Duchesse de Langeais by Honore de Balzac: narrow aisles. For some reason, probably because the winds are
so high, the architect was unable to build the flying buttresses
and intervening chapels which adorn almost all cathedrals, nor
are there openings of any kind in the walls which support the
weight of the roof. Outside there is simply the heavy wall
structure, a solid mass of grey stone further strengthened by
huge piers placed at intervals. Inside, the nave and its little
side galleries are lighted entirely by the great stained-glass
rose-window suspended by a miracle of art above the centre
doorway; for upon that side the exposure permits of the display
of lacework in stone and of other beauties peculiar to the style
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
PSA 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me
with their teeth.
PSA 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions.
PSA 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will
praise thee among much people.
PSA 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over
me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
PSA 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters
against them that are quiet in the land.
 King James Bible |