| 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: kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
PSA 30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
PSA 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
PSA 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
PSA 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand
strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
PSA 30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made
supplication.
PSA 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
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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 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
ECC 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter
of the fool: this also is vanity.
ECC 7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth
the heart.
ECC 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and
the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
ECC 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in
the bosom of fools.
ECC 7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were
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