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: PRO 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of
violence.
PRO 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth
more and more unto the perfect day.
PRO 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what
they stumble.
PRO 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
PRO 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of
thine heart.
PRO 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all
their flesh.
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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: yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city,
and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon,
and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
AMO 4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water;
but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the
LORD.
AMO 4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens
and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased,
the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith
the LORD.
AMO 4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of
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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: congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
NUM 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will
take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and
they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it
not thyself alone.
NUM 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the
LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in
Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
NUM 11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days,
neither ten days, nor twenty days;
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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: SON 3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of
gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with
love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
SON 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with
the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals,
and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
SON 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou
hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that
appear from mount Gilead.
SON 4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which
came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is
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