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: religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it:
GAL 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in
mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my
fathers.
GAL 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's
womb, and called me by his grace,
GAL 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the
heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
GAL 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles
before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
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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: saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
GEN 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I
will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall
have a son.
GEN 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
GEN 18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and
Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
GEN 18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which
I do;
GEN 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty
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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: ISA 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
ISA 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the
former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the
desolations of many generations.
ISA 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons
of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
ISA 61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call
you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
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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: they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
NUM 14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who
returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by
bringing up a slander upon the land,
NUM 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the
land, died by the plague before the LORD.
NUM 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
NUM 14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel:
and the people mourned greatly.
NUM 14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into
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