| 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: ECC 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the
north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again
according to his circuits.
ECC 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto
the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
ECC 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is
not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
ECC 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing
under the sun.
ECC 1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?
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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: unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy
both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the
things of the world, how she may please her husband.
CO1 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a
snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend
upon the Lord without distraction.
CO1 7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward
his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let
him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
CO1 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his
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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: JER 50:39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and
it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation.
JER 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any
son of man dwell therein.
JER 50:41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great
nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
JER 50:42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and
will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall
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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: them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
NUM 16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire
therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the
congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone
out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
NUM 16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of
the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people:
and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
NUM 16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague
was stayed.
NUM 16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and
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