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 the wilderness and with briers.
JDG 8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise:
and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered
him.
JDG 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come
again in peace, I will break down this tower.
JDG 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with
them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of
the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand
men that drew sword.
JDG 8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on
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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: and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
EXO 30:24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
EXO 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment
compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing
oil.
EXO 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation
therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
EXO 30:27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and
his vessels, and the altar of incense,
EXO 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the
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