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: HOS 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall
they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the
bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their
bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
HOS 9:5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast
of the LORD?
HOS 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall
gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their
silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their
tabernacles.
HOS 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are
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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: LEV 13:22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
LEV 13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it
is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
LEV 13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot
burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot,
somewhat reddish, or white;
LEV 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair
in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the
skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
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