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: gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
JOB 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
broken, and become loathsome.
JOB 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
JOB 7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see
good.
JOB 7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine
eyes are upon me, and I am not.
JOB 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth
down to the grave shall come up no more.
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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: hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I
only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
KI1 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent
the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the
LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD
was not in the earthquake:
KI1 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the
fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
KI1 19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face
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