| 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: EZR 4:5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose,
all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius
king of Persia.
EZR 4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign,
wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and
Jerusalem.
EZR 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of
Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue,
and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
EZR 4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter
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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: JER 51:48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall
sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north,
saith the LORD.
JER 51:49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at
Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
JER 51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:
remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
JER 51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath
covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the
LORD's house.
JER 51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
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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: NUM 22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were
many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
NUM 22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this
company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the
grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites
at that time.
NUM 22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to
Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people,
to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against
me:
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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: ISA 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?
or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the
rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff
should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
ISA 10:16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his
fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like
the burning of a fire.
ISA 10:17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One
for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in
one day;
ISA 10:18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his
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