| 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: MAT 13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in
their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence
hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
MAT 13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called
Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
MAT 13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath
this man all these things?
MAT 13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A
prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own
house.
MAT 13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their
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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: favoured not the elders.
LAM 4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our
watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
LAM 4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end
is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
LAM 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven:
they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the
wilderness.
LAM 4:20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was
taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live
among the heathen.
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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: and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
KI1 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy
children, even the goodliest, are mine.
KI1 20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,
according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
KI1 20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh
Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt
deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
KI1 20:6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this
time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants;
and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall
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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: hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious
house.
EZE 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before
thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
EZE 4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast
a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams
against it round about.
EZE 4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall
of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it
shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a
sign to the house of Israel.
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