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: follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
ISA 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine,
are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither
consider the operation of his hands.
ISA 5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have
no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
ISA 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
ISA 5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man
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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: voice.
SA2 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and
discomfited them.
SA2 22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the
world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the
breath of his nostrils.
SA2 22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many
waters;
SA2 22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that
hated me: for they were too strong for me.
SA2 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was
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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: LUK 21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the
offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that
she had.
LUK 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with
goodly stones and gifts, he said,
LUK 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in
the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not
be thrown down.
LUK 21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these
things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to
pass?
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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: CH2 23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man
with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house,
he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and
when he goeth out.
CH2 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were
to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath:
for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
CH2 23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of
hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's,
which were in the house of God.
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