| 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: sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her,
and rise up to the battle.
JER 49:15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and
despised among men.
JER 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine
heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the
height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the
eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
JER 49:17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
JER 49:18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour
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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: went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
GEN 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
GEN 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took
him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
GEN 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol
the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with
thee in all that thou doest:
GEN 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not
deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but
according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto
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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: taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows
take thee, as a woman in travail?
JER 13:22 And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things
upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered,
and thy heels made bare.
JER 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
JER 13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth
away by the wind of the wilderness.
JER 13:25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith
the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
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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: NEH 5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in
the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
NEH 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of
them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
NEH 5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands,
their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth
part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact
of them.
NEH 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and
took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
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