| 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: came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is
barren among them.
SON 4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is
comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
SON 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury,
whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
SON 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which
feed among the lilies.
SON 4:6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me
to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
SON 4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
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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: Israel.
PSA 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst
deliver them.
PSA 22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in
thee, and were not confounded.
PSA 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised
of the people.
PSA 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the
lip, they shake the head, saying,
PSA 22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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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: JOB 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they
have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am
escaped alone to tell thee.
JOB 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,
The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and
the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee.
JOB 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,
The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have
carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the
sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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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: they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
JER 8:5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a
perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
JER 8:6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man
repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one
turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
JER 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and
the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their
coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
JER 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us?
Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
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