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: EXO 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as
heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
EXO 5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye
shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be
idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
EXO 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
EXO 5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their
officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I
will not give you straw.
EXO 5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of
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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: habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
JER 31:24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities
thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
JER 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished
every sorrowful soul.
JER 31:26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto
me.
JER 31:27 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the
house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with
the seed of beast.
JER 31:28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over
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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: JER 20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and
sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
JER 21:1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king
Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son
of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
JER 21:2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal
with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
JER 21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
JER 21:4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back
the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against
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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: round about.
JOB 41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close
seal.
JOB 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
JOB 41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that
they cannot be sundered.
JOB 41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the
eyelids of the morning.
JOB 41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap
out.
JOB 41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or
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