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: certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
MAT 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore
vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
MAT 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure
him.
MAT 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse
generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?
bring him hither to me.
MAT 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and
the child was cured from that very hour.
MAT 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could
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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: they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them
to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to
anger with a foolish nation.
DEU 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the
lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on
fire the foundations of the mountains.
DEU 32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows
upon them.
DEU 32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning
heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts
upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
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