| 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: daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her:
yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
JER 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath
crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up
like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast
me out.
JER 51:35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,
shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of
Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
JER 51:36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy
cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make
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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: SON 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
SON 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved
among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his
fruit was sweet to my taste.
SON 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me
was love.
SON 2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of
love.
SON 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace
me.
SON 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by
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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: touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other
wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
KI1 6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
KI1 6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with
carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and
without.
KI1 6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and
without.
KI1 6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive
tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
KI1 6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
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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: lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
MAT 4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from
Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and
from beyond Jordan.
MAT 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when
he was set, his disciples came unto him:
MAT 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
MAT 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
MAT 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
MAT 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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