| 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: LAM 3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my
chain heavy.
LAM 3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
LAM 3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths
crooked.
LAM 3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in
secret places.
LAM 3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath
made me desolate.
LAM 3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
LAM 3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into 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: out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
MAT 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy
brother's eye.
MAT 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your
pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn
again and rend you.
MAT 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
MAT 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh
findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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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 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up,
because there had been no rain in the land.
KI1 17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
KI1 17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and
dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain
thee.
KI1 17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the
gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks:
and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in
a vessel, that I may drink.
KI1 17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,
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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: slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JER 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay,
they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall
they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they
shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
JER 8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade;
and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
JER 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter
into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our
God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because
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