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: them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city
to city:
MAT 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son
of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
MAT 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.
MAT 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered
thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
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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: born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and
slay her with thirst.
HOS 2:4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the
children of whoredoms.
HOS 2:5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived
them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that
give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my
drink.
HOS 2:6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and
make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
HOS 2:7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not
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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: them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZE 30:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
EZE 30:2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl
ye, Woe worth the day!
EZE 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a
cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
EZE 30:4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be
in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take
away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
EZE 30:5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people,
and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with
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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: MAT 6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their
reward.
MAT 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy
right hand doeth:
MAT 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in
secret himself shall reward thee openly.
MAT 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:
for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of
the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They
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