| 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: hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no
truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
HOS 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and
committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
HOS 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth
therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls
of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
HOS 4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are
as they that strive with the priest.
HOS 4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also
shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
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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: OBA 1:9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that
every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
OBA 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
OBA 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day
that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners
entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as
one of them.
OBA 1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother
in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;
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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: EXO 33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that
thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee
by name.
EXO 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
EXO 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee,
and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will
shew mercy.
EXO 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no
man see me, and live.
EXO 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou
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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: new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated,
and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the
LORD.
EZR 3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer
burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the
LORD was not yet laid.
EZR 3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters;
and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre,
to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the
grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
EZR 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
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