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: NAH 3:18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall
dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no
man gathereth them.
NAH 3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all
that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon
whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? HAB 1:1 The burden
which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
HAB 1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry
out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
HAB 1:3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold
grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that
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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: LUK 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of
Syria.)
LUK 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
LUK 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
LUK 2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with
child.
LUK 2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were
accomplished that she should be delivered.
LUK 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
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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: and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the
wilderness.
DEU 9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou
broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
DEU 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of
stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make
thee an ark of wood.
DEU 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the
first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
DEU 10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of
stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two
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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: again to me. And the people departed.
KI1 12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood
before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise
that I may answer this people?
KI1 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant
unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and
speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
KI1 12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had
given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him,
and which stood before him:
KI1 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer
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