| 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: ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
SON 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into
his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy
love more than wine: the upright love thee.
SON 1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
SON 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me
the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
SON 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where
thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that
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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: of all the earth:
GEN 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with
him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
GEN 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when
she lay down, nor when she arose.
GEN 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said
unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make
him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that
we may preserve seed of our father.
GEN 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and
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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: derision to them that are round about us.
PSA 44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the
head among the people.
PSA 44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my
face hath covered me,
PSA 44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by
reason of the enemy and avenger.
PSA 44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
PSA 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined
from thy way;
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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: will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days,
the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
JER 16:10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people
all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD
pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or
what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
JER 16:11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have
forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have
served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have
not kept my law;
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