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: since that time.
ISA 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as
the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with
all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and
feeble.
ISA 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from
being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
ISA 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks,
which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
ISA 17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom
from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of
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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: GEN 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
GEN 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
GEN 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a
burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
GEN 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had told him.
GEN 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
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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: KI1 19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how
he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
KI1 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the
gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one
of them by to morrow about this time.
KI1 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and
came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
KI1 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and
came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself
that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my
life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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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: from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels:
MAT 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me no drink:
MAT 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye
clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
MAT 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto thee?
MAT 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to
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