| 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: be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
ECC 10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because
he knoweth not how to go to the city.
ECC 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy
princes eat in the morning!
ECC 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles,
and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for
drunkenness!
ECC 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through
idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
ECC 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but
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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: finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he
overlaid with gold.
KI1 6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree,
each ten cubits high.
KI1 6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five
cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one
wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
KI1 6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were
of one measure and one size.
KI1 6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of
the other cherub.
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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: SON 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which
feed among the lilies.
SON 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me
to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
SON 4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
SON 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon:
look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the
lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
SON 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast
ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
SON 4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is
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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: COL 2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and
humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the
satisfying of the flesh.
COL 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
COL 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
COL 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
COL 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also
appear with him in glory.
COL 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
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