| 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: Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from
the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
AMO 7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed
grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;
and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
AMO 7:2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating
the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee:
by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
AMO 7:3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
AMO 7:4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord
GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did
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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: whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had
brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that
conceived me.
SON 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by
the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
please.
SON 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of
smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the
merchant?
SON 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are
about it, of the valiant of Israel.
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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: up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David,
Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel
counselled against you.
SA2 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and
they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of
them that was not gone over Jordan.
SA2 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he
saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city,
and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was
buried in the sepulchre of his father.
SA2 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan,
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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: MAT 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill
cannot be hid.
MAT 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but
on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
MAT 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
MAT 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets:
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
MAT 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
MAT 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
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