| 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: And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
MAL 1:7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein
have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is
contemptible.
MAL 1:8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if
ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy
governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the
LORD of hosts.
MAL 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto
us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the
LORD of hosts.
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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: JER 46:20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it
cometh out of the north.
JER 46:21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted
bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together:
they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon
them, and the time of their visitation.
JER 46:22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall
march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
JER 46:23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it
cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are
innumerable.
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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: This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
JER 30:18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity
of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city
shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after
the manner thereof.
JER 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of
them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be
few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
JER 30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their
congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that
oppress them.
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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: GEN 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his
father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for
my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
GEN 27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah:
and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee.
GEN 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to
Laban my brother to Haran;
GEN 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn
away;
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