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: gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness
of heart and bitter wailing.
EZE 27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for
thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the
destroyed in the midst of the sea?
EZE 27:33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many
people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of
thy riches and of thy merchandise.
EZE 27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the
depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of
thee shall fall.
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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: earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
GEN 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all
the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
GEN 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the
mountains were covered.
GEN 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl,
and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth, and every man:
GEN 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was
in the dry land, died.
GEN 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the
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