| 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: MAT 21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and
killed another, and stoned another.
MAT 21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they
did unto them likewise.
MAT 21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will
reverence my son.
MAT 21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among
themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on
his inheritance.
MAT 21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and
slew him.
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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: expound the riddle.
JDG 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto
Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the
riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye
called us to take that we have? is it not so?
JDG 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but
hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the
children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her,
Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it
thee?
JDG 14:17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast
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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: dead.
COL 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all
trespasses;
COL 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against
us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to
his cross;
COL 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew
of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
COL 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
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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: sword of the wilderness.
LAM 5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible
famine.
LAM 5:11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities
of Judah.
LAM 5:12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were
not honoured.
LAM 5:13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under
the wood.
LAM 5:14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their
musick.
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