The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezekiel 30: 16 And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.
Ezekiel 30: 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30: 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 30: 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'
Ezekiel 30: 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 30: 21 'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up to be healed, to put a roller, that it be bound up and wax strong, that it hold the sword.
Ezekiel 30: 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Ezekiel 30: 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: prayer, when suddenly one of the Incas turned, facing us squarely,
and gave a start of surprise. We leaped forward.
Half a dozen bounds and we were upon them, before they had had
time to realize their danger or move to escape it. With a ferocity
taught us by the Incas themselves we gripped their throats and bore
them to the floor.
No time then for the decencies; we had work to do, and we
crushed and pounded their lives out against the stone floor. There
had not been a sound. They quivered and lay still; and then,
looking up at some slight sound in the doorway, we saw Desiree.
She stood in the doorway, regarding us with an expression of
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