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 9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more
mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no
longer.
EXO 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city,
I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall
cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how
that the earth is the LORD's.
EXO 9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet
fear the LORD God.
EXO 9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in
the ear, and the flax was bolled.
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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: SON 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, until he please.
SON 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon
her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother
brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
SON 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm:
for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals
thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
SON 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown
it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it
would utterly be contemned.
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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: 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,
and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
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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: throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of
valour.
CH1 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
CH1 26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and
their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore
and two of Obededom.
CH1 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
CH1 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the
chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the
chief;)
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