| 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: his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to
eat and drink, and to be drunken;
LUK 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh
not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in
sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
LUK 12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared
not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.
LUK 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of
stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is
given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed
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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: NUM 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
NUM 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
NUM 32:13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
NUM 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an
increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD
toward Israel.
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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: merryhearted do sigh.
ISA 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice
endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
ISA 24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be
bitter to them that drink it.
ISA 24:10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up,
that no man may come in.
ISA 24:11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is
darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
ISA 24:12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction.
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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: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was
perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
JOB 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
JOB 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a
very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men
of the east.
JOB 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his
day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink
with them.
JOB 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,
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