| 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: down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
ISA 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged;
but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the
clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
ISA 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but
behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
ISA 5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to
field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the
midst of the earth!
ISA 5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses
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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: them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
ISA 30:23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow
the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall
be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large
pastures.
ISA 30:24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground
shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and
with the fan.
ISA 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every
high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great
slaughter, when the towers fall.
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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: that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite,
to take possession of it.
KI1 21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
KI1 21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in
Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone
down to possess it.
KI1 21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto
him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the
blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
KI1 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?
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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: expound the riddle.
JDG 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto
Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the
riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye
called us to take that we have? is it not so?
JDG 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but
hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the
children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her,
Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it
thee?
JDG 14:17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast
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