| 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: JER 9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in
any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every
neighbour will walk with slanders.
JER 9:5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not
speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary
themselves to commit iniquity.
JER 9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they
refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
JER 9:7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt
them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
JER 9:8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one
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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: innumerable, both small and great beasts.
PSA 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast
made to play therein.
PSA 104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their
meat in due season.
PSA 104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand,
they are filled with good.
PSA 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away
their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
PSA 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou
renewest the face of the earth.
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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: EXO 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and
herds, even very much cattle.
EXO 12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they
brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were
thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for
themselves any victual.
EXO 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in
Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
EXO 12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty
years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the
LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
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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: God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
MAT 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other undone.
MAT 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
MAT 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and excess.
MAT 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the
cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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