| 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: ECC 5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return
to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may
carry away in his hand.
ECC 5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came,
so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
ECC 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much
sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
ECC 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one
to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he
taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for
it is his portion.
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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: for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
HOS 12:13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by
a prophet was he preserved.
HOS 12:14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall
he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto
him.
HOS 13:1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;
but when he offended in Baal, he died.
HOS 13:2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten
images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding,
all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that
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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: NUM 10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall
assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
NUM 10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which
are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
NUM 10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east
parts shall go forward.
NUM 10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie
on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for
their journeys.
NUM 10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall
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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: land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
ISA 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose
glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat
valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
ISA 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a
tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters
overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
ISA 28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden
under feet:
ISA 28:4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat
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