| 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: trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the
sons of men.
JOE 1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of
the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for
the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of
your God.
JOE 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders
and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God,
and cry unto the LORD,
JOE 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a
destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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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: made a league with them, that they heard that they were their
neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
JOS 9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their
cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah,
and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
JOS 9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes
of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And
all the congregation murmured against the princes.
JOS 9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have
sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not
touch them.
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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: shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a
cubit and a half the height thereof.
EXO 25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a
crown of gold round about.
EXO 25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round
about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round
about.
EXO 25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the
rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
EXO 25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the
staves to bear the table.
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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: ZEC 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall
smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up:
and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt
shall depart away.
ZEC 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk
up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
ZEC 11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy
cedars.
ZEC 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty
are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is
come down.
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