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: PSA 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my
lips.
PSA 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked
works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
PSA 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let
him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my
head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
PSA 141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall
hear my words; for they are sweet.
PSA 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one
cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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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: ECC 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than
the living which are yet alive.
ECC 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who
hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
ECC 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for
this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation
of spirit.
ECC 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
ECC 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full
with travail and vexation of spirit.
ECC 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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