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: ye shall receive.
MAT 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and
the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By
what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this
authority?
MAT 21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you
one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what
authority I do these things.
MAT 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
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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: MIC 2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament
with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath
changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me!
turning away he hath divided our fields.
MIC 2:5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in
the congregation of the LORD.
MIC 2:6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not
prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
MIC 2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the
LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him
that walketh uprightly?
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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
JDG 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there
came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and
he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in
Lehi unto this day.
JDG 15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty
years.
JDG 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in
unto her.
JDG 16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither.
And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate
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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: eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
JER 49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
JER 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall
a son of man dwell in it.
JER 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of
Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make
him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over
her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is
that shepherd that will stand before me?
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