| 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: king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two
full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
JER 28:12 Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet,
after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of
the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
JER 28:13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast
broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
JER 28:14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have
put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may
serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I
have given him the beasts of the field also.
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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 this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and
many shouted aloud for joy:
EZR 3:13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of
joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted
with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
EZR 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the
children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of
Israel;
EZR 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers,
and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye
do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of
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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: faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all
be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed
by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto
the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an
execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
JER 44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I
have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence:
JER 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the
land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should
return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return
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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: the sides of the cave.
SA1 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which
the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine
hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then
David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
SA1 24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,
because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
SA1 24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do
this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine
hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
SA1 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered
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