| 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: EZE 18:9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to
deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
EZE 18:10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and
that doeth the like to any one of these things,
EZE 18:11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten
upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
EZE 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence,
hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols,
hath committed abomination,
EZE 18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall
he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he
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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: waters may cover thee?
JOB 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto
thee, Here we are?
JOB 38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
JOB 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the
bottles of heaven,
JOB 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave
fast together?
JOB 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of
the young lions,
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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 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear
falsely.
JER 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken
them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have
refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a
rock; they have refused to return.
JER 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for
they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
JER 5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for
they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but
these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
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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: the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels,
into two bands;
GEN 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then
the other company which is left shall escape.
GEN 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country,
and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
GEN 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all
the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I
passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
GEN 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from
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