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: riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
MAT 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that
heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and
bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
MAT 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom
of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
MAT 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the
wheat, and went his way.
MAT 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also.
MAT 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
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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: beside unwalled towns a great many.
DEU 3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of
Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
DEU 3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a
prey to ourselves.
DEU 3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of
the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of
Arnon unto mount Hermon;
DEU 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call
it Shenir;)
DEU 3:10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
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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: JER 18:19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them
that contend with me.
JER 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a
pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for
them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
JER 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour
out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be
bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to
death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
JER 18:22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a
troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid
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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: JER 44:20 Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to
the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer,
saying,
JER 44:21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the
streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your
princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and
came it not into his mind?
JER 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of
your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed;
therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse,
without an inhabitant, as at this day.
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