| 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: up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his
neighbour's wife,
EZE 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge,
neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
EZE 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not
received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in
my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall
surely live.
EZE 18:18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his
brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people,
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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: PSA 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while
they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
PSA 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance, and my God.
PSA 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
PSA 43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me
off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
PSA 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them
bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
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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: have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
EZE 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company
of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the
isles of Chittim.
EZE 27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou
spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of
Elishah was that which covered thee.
EZE 27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise
men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
EZE 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee
thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee
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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: thee: because he trusteth in thee.
ISA 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength:
ISA 26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city,
he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it
even to the dust.
ISA 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and
the steps of the needy.
ISA 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the just.
ISA 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for
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