| 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: drieth up:
JOB 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
JOB 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest
keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a
set time, and remember me!
JOB 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
JOB 14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a
desire to the work of thine hands.
JOB 14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my
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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: thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and
my flax given to cover her nakedness.
HOS 2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her
lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
HOS 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her
new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
HOS 2:12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she
hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will
make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
HOS 2:13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she
burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her
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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: sanctification and honour;
TH1 4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which
know not God:
TH1 4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:
because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have
forewarned you and testified.
TH1 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
TH1 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who
hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
TH1 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto
you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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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: the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth,
shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be
cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand
upon an heap.
JOS 3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents,
to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant
before the people;
JOS 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the
feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the
water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
JOS 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up
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