| 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: scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers
have spoiled!
ISA 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth,
see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he
bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
ISA 18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will
consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a
cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
ISA 18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour
grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with
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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: PRO 7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at
the day appointed.
PRO 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she forced him.
PRO 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
PRO 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
PRO 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to
the words of my mouth.
PRO 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her
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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: threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
NEH 9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and
in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein
they should go.
NEH 9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them
from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments:
NEH 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst
them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
NEH 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and
broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and
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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: and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in
the entry.
EZE 8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they
do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth
here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
EZE 8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,
behold a hole in the wall.
EZE 8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when
I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
EZE 8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations
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