| 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: that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men
is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and
after that they go to the dead.
ECC 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for
a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ECC 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not
any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them
is forgotten.
ECC 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.
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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: EXO 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face
of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar
frost on the ground.
EXO 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to
another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto
them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
EXO 16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it
every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to
the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his
tents.
EXO 16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more,
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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: earth was.
PRO 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there
were no fountains abounding with water.
PRO 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I
brought forth:
PRO 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor
the highest part of the dust of the world.
PRO 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a
compass upon the face of the depth:
PRO 8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the
fountains of the deep:
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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: it is mouldy:
JOS 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and,
behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become
old by reason of the very long journey.
JOS 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at
the mouth of the LORD.
JOS 9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them,
to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
JOS 9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had
made a league with them, that they heard that they were their
neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
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