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: that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
PRO 19:26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a
son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
PRO 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err
from the words of knowledge.
PRO 19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the
wicked devoureth iniquity.
PRO 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back
of fools.
PRO 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
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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: I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
DEU 30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest
obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy
life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land
which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, to give them.
DEU 31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
DEU 31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old
this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto
me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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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: even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there:
that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place.
KI1 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of
thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
KI1 8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid
upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in
this house:
KI1 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying
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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: no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
ISA 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
ISA 5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man
shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
ISA 5:16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God
that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
ISA 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste
places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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