| 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: 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
the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
ISA 17:4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob
shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
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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: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
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
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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: other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:
behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
MAT 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful
servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee
ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
MAT 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord,
thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other
talents beside them.
MAT 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
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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: their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
JER 32:41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will
plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole
soul.
JER 32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this
great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that
I have promised them.
JER 32:43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It
is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans.
JER 32:44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and
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