| 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: KI1 8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and
confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this
house:
KI1 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their
fathers.
KI1 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they
have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess
thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
KI1 8:36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants,
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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: the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
ECC 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in
the bosom of fools.
ECC 7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were
better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
ECC 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit
to them that see the sun.
ECC 7:12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the
excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have
it.
ECC 7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight,
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