| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach: Jeremiah 50: 18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah 50: 19 And I will bring Israel back to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
Jeremiah 50: 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none, and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
Jeremiah 50: 21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod; waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Jeremiah 50: 22 Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction.
Jeremiah 50: 23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Jeremiah 50: 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Jeremiah 50: 25 The LORD hath opened His armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of His indignation; for it is a work that the Lord GOD of hosts hath to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 50: 26 Come against her from every quarter, open her granaries, cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.
 The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: 56, 57.
[3] See "Ages." v. 1.
Close by the palace a lake affords an unrestricted supply of water;
and how useful that is for various purposes they best can tell who
lack the luxury.[4] Moreover, all rise from their seats to give place
to the king, save only that the ephors rise not from their thrones of
office. Monthly they exchange oaths, the ephors in behalf of the
state, the king himself in his own behalf. And this is the oath on the
king's part: "I will exercise my kingship in accordance with the
established laws of the state." And on the part of the state the oath
runs: "So long as he[5] (who exercises kingship) shall abide by his
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