| 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: transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
MIC 1:14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the
houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
MIC 1:15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah:
he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
MIC 1:16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children;
enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from
thee.
MIC 2:1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their
beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the
power of their hand.
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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: it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
JER 50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and
it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation.
JER 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any
son of man dwell therein.
JER 50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great
nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
JER 50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and
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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: him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
NEH 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year
of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the
wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in
his presence.
NEH 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,
seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then
I was very sore afraid,
NEH 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should
not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
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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: DEU 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
DEU 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt
thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
DEU 5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount
out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,
with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
DEU 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst
of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came
near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
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