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: in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and
the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was
fed of it.
DAN 4:13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a
watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
DAN 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off
his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the
beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
DAN 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even
with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let
it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts
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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: EZE 16:20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom
thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be
devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
EZE 16:21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause
them to pass through the fire for them?
EZE 16:22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not
remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and
wast polluted in thy blood.
EZE 16:23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto
thee! saith the LORD GOD;)
EZE 16:24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, 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: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I
come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now
therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in
me, let him kill me.
SA2 14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had
called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face
to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
SA2 15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him
chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
SA2 15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the
gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to
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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: goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
DEU 14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft
into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
DEU 14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and
the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore
they are unclean unto you.
DEU 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not
the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor
touch their dead carcase.
DEU 14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that
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