| 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: MAT 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore
vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
MAT 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure
him.
MAT 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse
generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?
bring him hither to me.
MAT 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and
the child was cured from that very hour.
MAT 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could
not we cast him out?
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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: the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that
thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
ISA 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine
health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go
before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
ISA 58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt
cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of
thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
ISA 58:10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness
be as the noon day:
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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: of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent
men shall be hid.
ISA 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the
LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and
who knoweth us?
ISA 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed
as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He
made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had
no understanding?
ISA 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be
turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed
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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: saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even
those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
ZEC 7:6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for
yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
ZEC 7:7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the
former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the
cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the
plain?
ZEC 7:8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
ZEC 7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment,
and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
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