| 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: lay it to his heart.
ECC 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
ECC 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the
heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
ECC 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
ECC 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter
of the fool: this also is vanity.
ECC 7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth
the heart.
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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: work of his hands.
JOB 34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled
at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without
hand.
JOB 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his
goings.
JOB 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers
of iniquity may hide themselves.
JOB 34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should
enter into judgment with God.
JOB 34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set
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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: MAT 18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought
him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
MAT 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he
should pay the debt.
MAT 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very
sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
MAT 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou
desiredst me:
MAT 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
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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: know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her,
and shall be sanctified in her.
EZE 28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her
streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the
sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZE 28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of
Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that
despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
EZE 28:25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house
of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be
sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in
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