| 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: because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they
might enlarge their border:
AMO 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a
tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
AMO 1:15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes
together, saith the LORD.
AMO 2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the
bones of the king of Edom into lime:
AMO 2:2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the
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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: JER 44:3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to
provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve
other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
JER 44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising
early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I
hate.
JER 44:5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from
their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
JER 44:6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was
kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they
are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
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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: down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
ISA 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged;
but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the
clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
ISA 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but
behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
ISA 5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to
field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the
midst of the earth!
ISA 5:9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses
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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: Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
SA1 4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man
came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
SA1 4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What
meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told
Eli.
SA1 4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim,
that he could not see.
SA1 4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army,
and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my
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