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: of their heart?
JOB 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without
water?
JOB 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it
withereth before any other herb.
JOB 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's
hope shall perish:
JOB 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a
spider's web.
JOB 8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall
hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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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: the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances,
saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
SA1 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore
afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
SA1 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself
mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his
spittle fall down upon his beard.
SA1 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is
mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
SA1 21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to
play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
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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: SA2 15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the
king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
SA2 15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto
the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto
the LORD, in Hebron.
SA2 15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,
saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I
will serve the LORD.
SA2 15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went
to Hebron.
SA2 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,
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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: them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual
desolations.
JER 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the
voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the
bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
JER 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy
years.
JER 25:12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are
accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation,
saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and
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