| 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: they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art
seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou
goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar
of fire by night.
NUM 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the
nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
NUM 14:16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the
land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the
wilderness.
NUM 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great,
according as thou hast spoken, saying,
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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: thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people
and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any
more after it, even to the years of many generations.
JOE 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth:
the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a
desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
JOE 2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run.
JOE 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they
leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a
strong people set in battle array.
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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: NEH 11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of
the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the
holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
NEH 11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered
themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
NEH 11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in
Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession
in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
NEH 11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and
of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son
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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: JER 9:8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one
speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he
layeth his wait.
JER 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
JER 9:10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and
for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are
burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the
voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are
fled; they are gone.
JER 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I
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