| 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 5:18 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.
ECC 5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and
hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to
rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
ECC 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because
God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
ECC 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is
common among men:
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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: refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy
and devour at once.
ISA 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their
herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
ISA 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I
will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness
light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
unto them, and not forsake them.
ISA 42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed,
that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our
gods.
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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: Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as
are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
AMO 5:17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through
thee, saith the LORD.
AMO 5:18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is
it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
AMO 5:19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went
into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
AMO 5:20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even
very dark, and no brightness in it?
AMO 5:21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in
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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: DEU 22:27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel
cried, and there was none to save her.
DEU 22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not
betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
DEU 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's
father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he
hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
DEU 22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his
father's skirt.
DEU 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut
off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
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