| 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: JER 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons,
an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
JER 51:38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as
lions' whelps.
JER 51:39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them
drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not
wake, saith the LORD.
JER 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams
with he goats.
JER 51:41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole
earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among 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: tents.
SON 1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in
Pharaoh's chariots.
SON 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with
chains of gold.
SON 1:11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
SON 1:12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth
forth the smell thereof.
SON 1:13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all
night betwixt my breasts.
SON 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the
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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: dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
ISA 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and
they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own
way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
ISA 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill
ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and
much more abundant.
ISA 57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and
merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is
taken away from the evil to come.
ISA 57:2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each
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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: lied unto him.
KI1 13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and
drank water.
KI1 13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word
of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
KI1 13:21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth
of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God
commanded thee,
KI1 13:22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the
place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no
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