| 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 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he
seen no good: do not all go to one place?
ECC 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is
not filled.
ECC 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,
that knoweth to walk before the living?
ECC 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the
desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECC 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it
is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
ECC 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man
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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: is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of
the field.
EXO 23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the
LORD God.
EXO 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened
bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
EXO 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring
into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his
mother's milk.
EXO 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way,
and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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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: and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to
do this thing.
DEU 24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast
forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that
the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
DEU 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over
the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and
for the widow.
DEU 24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt
not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the
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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: from Lebanon.
SON 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my
garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into
his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
SON 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered
my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have
drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink
abundantly, O beloved.
SON 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved
that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my
undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops
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