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: strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even
determined upon the whole earth.
ISA 28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
ISA 28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break
the clods of his ground?
ISA 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast
abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal
wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
ISA 28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach
him.
ISA 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,
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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: ISA 14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou
hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers
shall never be renowned.
ISA 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their
fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face
of the world with cities.
ISA 14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and
cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith
the LORD.
ISA 14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools
of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the
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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: when he is hungry;
PRO 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give
all the substance of his house.
PRO 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
PRO 6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not
be wiped away.
PRO 6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare
in the day of vengeance.
PRO 6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many gifts.
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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: heaviness, and comfort myself:
JOB 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold
me innocent.
JOB 9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
JOB 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so
clean;
JOB 9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes
shall abhor me.
JOB 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we
should come together in judgment.
JOB 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his
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