| 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: her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise
of their voice is uttered:
JER 51:56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and
her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the
LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
JER 51:57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her
captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a
perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of
hosts.
JER 51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon
shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire;
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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: bread, and drink of that cup.
CO1 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
CO1 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep.
CO1 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
CO1 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we
should not be condemned with the world.
CO1 11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry
one for another.
CO1 11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not
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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: brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
PSA 49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for
ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their
lands after their own names.
PSA 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the
beasts that perish.
PSA 49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve
their sayings. Selah.
PSA 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on
them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and
their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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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: troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees
smote one against another.
DAN 5:7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise
men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the
interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain
of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
DAN 5:8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read
the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
DAN 5:9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance
was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
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