| 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: darkness and the shadow of death;
JOB 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of
death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
JOB 11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
JOB 11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a
man full of talk be justified?
JOB 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou
mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
JOB 11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in
thine eyes.
JOB 11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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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: KI1 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and
they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
KI1 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not
one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to
the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
KI1 18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for
there is a sound of abundance of rain.
KI1 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to
the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his
face between his knees,
KI1 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And
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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: JER 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense
to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the
ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
JER 18:16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every
one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
JER 18:17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I
will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
JER 18:18 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against
Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from
the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with
the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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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: JER 37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I
offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people,
that ye have put me in prison?
JER 37:19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you,
saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this
land?
JER 37:20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me
not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
JER 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit
Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him
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