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: JER 51:31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet
another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
JER 51:32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have
burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
JER 51:33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The
daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her:
yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
JER 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up
like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast
me out.
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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: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and
fifty.
EZR 8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and
with him two hundred males.
EZR 8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him
three hundred males.
EZR 8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with
him fifty males.
EZR 8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with
him seventy males.
EZR 8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and
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