| 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: shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword
shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
EZE 21:13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the
rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
EZE 21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands
together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the
slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth
into their privy chambers.
EZE 21:15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is
made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
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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: of hearing the words of the LORD:
AMO 8:12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even
to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and
shall not find it.
AMO 8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for
thirst.
AMO 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O
Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall,
and never rise up again.
AMO 9:1 I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the
lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head,
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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: JOS 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and
Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
JOS 13:18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
JOS 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of
the valley,
JOS 13:20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
JOS 13:21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with
the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
JOS 13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children
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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: ACT 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities
of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
ACT 14:7 And there they preached the gospel.
ACT 14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
ACT 14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
ACT 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he
leaped and walked.
ACT 14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up
their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down
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