| 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: place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
ECC 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error
which proceedeth from the ruler:
ECC 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
ECC 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as
servants upon the earth.
ECC 10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh
an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
ECC 10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that
cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
ECC 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must
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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: found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
MAT 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple
of God, and to build it in three days.
MAT 26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou
nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
MAT 26:63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and
said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us
whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
MAT 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto
you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
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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: KI1 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
KI1 16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri,
the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
KI1 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and
they besieged Tirzah.
KI1 16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,
that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's
house over him with fire, and died.
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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 49:10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret
places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled,
and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
JER 49:11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive;
and let thy widows trust in me.
JER 49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not
to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall
altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt
surely drink of it.
JER 49:13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall
become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the
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