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: JER 2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no
correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a
destroying lion.
JER 2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a
wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We
are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
JER 2:32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my
people have forgotten me days without number.
JER 2:33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou
also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
JER 2:34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor
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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: another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
DAN 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up
a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be
left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
DAN 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the
mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass,
the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the
king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and
the interpretation thereof sure.
DAN 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and
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