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: keep the way of the tree of life.
GEN 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,
and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
GEN 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
GEN 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of
the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
GEN 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of
the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
GEN 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain
was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
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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: taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed
herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
SA1 4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her
said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not,
neither did she regard it.
SA1 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed
from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father
in law and her husband.
SA1 4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark
of God is taken.
SA1 5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from
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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: inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it,
redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may
know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.
And he said, I will redeem it.
RTH 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of
Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the
dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
RTH 4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar
mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot
redeem it.
RTH 4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning
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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: upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
JER 12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me
talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked
prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
JER 12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,
yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from
their reins.
JER 12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried
mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and
prepare them for the day of slaughter.
JER 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field
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