The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that
will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that
nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the
famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
JER 27:9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your
diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your
sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of
Babylon:
JER 27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your
land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
JER 27:11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: slept: then had I been at rest,
JOB 3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate
places for themselves;
JOB 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with
silver:
JOB 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants
which never saw light.
JOB 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be
at rest.
JOB 3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of
the oppressor.
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