| 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: understand.
ISA 44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge
nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea,
also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh,
and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall
I fall down to the stock of a tree?
ISA 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside,
that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right
hand?
ISA 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant:
I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be
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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: they cry in his destruction.
JOB 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul
grieved for the poor?
JOB 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I
waited for light, there came darkness.
JOB 30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction
prevented me.
JOB 30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in
the congregation.
JOB 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
JOB 30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
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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: God that is in Jerusalem.
EZR 1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin,
and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had
raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
EZR 1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with
precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
EZR 1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of
the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and
had put them in the house of his gods;
EZR 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
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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: heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
ECC 2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and
drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This
also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
ECC 2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
ECC 2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and
knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and
to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also
is vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECC 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
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