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: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
NAH 1:10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they
are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
NAH 1:11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the
LORD, a wicked counsellor.
NAH 1:12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many,
yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I
have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
NAH 1:13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst
thy bonds in sunder.
NAH 1:14 And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no
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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 window of the ark which he had made:
GEN 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until
the waters were dried up from off the earth.
GEN 8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were
abated from off the face of the ground;
GEN 8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she
returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the
whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in
unto him into the ark.
GEN 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth
the dove out of the ark;
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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: all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
MAR 5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and
touched his garment.
MAR 5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be
whole.
MAR 5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and
she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
MAR 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone
out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my
clothes?
MAR 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude
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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: know that I am the LORD:
EZE 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open
thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee
for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
EZE 17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
EZE 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the
house of Israel;
EZE 17:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great
wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto
Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
EZE 17:4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into
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