| 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: JOE 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without
number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth
of a great lion.
JOE 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath
made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made
white.
JOE 1:8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of
her youth.
JOE 1:9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the
house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
JOE 1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is
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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: his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young
pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering.
LEV 5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that
which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his
neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
LEV 5:9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the
side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the
bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
LEV 5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according
to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his
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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: wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house
of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
JER 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of
Israel:
JER 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be
not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at
them.
JER 10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree
out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
JER 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with
nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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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: commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these
things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
CH1 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD
your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their
fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the
king.
CH1 29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a
thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their
drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
CH1 29:22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great
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