| 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: LAM 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag
their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that
men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
LAM 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they
hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly
this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
LAM 2:17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath
fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath
thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to
rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
LAM 2:18 Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of
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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: KI1 2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day
when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the
sword.
KI1 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man,
and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring
thou down to the grave with blood.
KI1 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David.
KI1 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years:
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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: the LORD.
PSA 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast
considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
PSA 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast
set my feet in a large room.
PSA 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
PSA 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
PSA 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among
my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me
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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: before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high;
but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
DAN 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward;
so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that
could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and
became great.
DAN 8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west
on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat
had a notable horn between his eyes.
DAN 8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen
standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
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