| 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: vineyards of Engedi.
SON 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou
hast doves' eyes.
SON 1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed
is green.
SON 1:17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
SON 2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
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.
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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: HOS 8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:
Ephraim hath hired lovers.
HOS 8:10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I
gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king
of princes.
HOS 8:11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be
unto him to sin.
HOS 8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they
were counted as a strange thing.
HOS 8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and
eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their
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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: PSA 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
PSA 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
PSA 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand
strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
PSA 30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made
supplication.
PSA 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
PSA 30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my
helper.
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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: went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran
violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
MAT 8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the
city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of
the devils.
MAT 8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when
they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their
coasts.
MAT 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his
own city.
MAT 9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying
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