| 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: every one put them off for washing.
NEH 5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives
against their brethren the Jews.
NEH 5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are
many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
NEH 5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
NEH 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the
king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
NEH 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children
as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our
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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: be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
EZE 7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is
come.
EZE 7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold,
it is come.
EZE 7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the
land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding
again of the mountains.
EZE 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish
mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and
will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
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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: shouted for joy?
JOB 38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if
it had issued out of the womb?
JOB 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness
a swaddlingband for it,
JOB 38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
JOB 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed?
JOB 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused
the dayspring to know his place;
JOB 38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the
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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: thy judgment as the noonday.
PSA 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who
bringeth wicked devices to pass.
PSA 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any
wise to do evil.
PSA 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the
LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
PSA 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea,
thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
PSA 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight
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