| 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 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the
north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again
according to his circuits.
ECC 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto
the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
ECC 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is
not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
ECC 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing
under the sun.
ECC 1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new?
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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: said, The Christ of God.
LUK 9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no
man that thing;
LUK 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be
rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and
be raised the third day.
LUK 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
LUK 9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever
will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
LUK 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and
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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: KI1 13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and
laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to
the city, to mourn and to bury him.
KI1 13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned
over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
KI1 13:31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake
to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre
wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
KI1 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against
the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which
are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely 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: NUM 34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to
Shepham:
NUM 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the
east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the
side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
NUM 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of
it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts
thereof round about.
NUM 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is
the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give
unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
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