| 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: desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECC 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it
is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
ECC 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man
the better?
ECC 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the
days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a
man what shall be after him under the sun?
ECC 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of
death than the day of one's birth.
ECC 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the
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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: shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that
the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
KI1 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and
she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
KI1 17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of
oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
KI1 17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the
woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so
sore, that there was no breath left in him.
KI1 17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou
man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to
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