| 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: JER 4:30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou
clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments
of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou
make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy
life.
JER 4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the
anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the
daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands,
saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
JER 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see
now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a
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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: DEU 32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not
go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
DEU 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God
blessed the children of Israel before his death.
DEU 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir
unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten
thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
DEU 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and
they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
DEU 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the
congregation of Jacob.
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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: Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king
of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale
of Siddim;
GEN 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four
kings with five.
GEN 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings
of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled
to the mountain.
GEN 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all
their victuals, and went their way.
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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: multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
KI1 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the
land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought
presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
KI1 4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of
fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
KI1 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an
hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted
fowl.
KI1 4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the
river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the
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