| 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: place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of
Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
JER 19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in
this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their
enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their
carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the
beasts of the earth.
JER 19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one
that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the
plagues thereof.
JER 19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the
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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: I shot at a mark.
SA1 20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the
arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this
side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and
no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
SA1 20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are
beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
SA1 20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
SA1 20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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