| 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: time to build up;
ECC 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a
time to dance;
ECC 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones
together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
ECC 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time
to cast away;
ECC 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;
ECC 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time
of peace.
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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: EZE 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
EZE 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds;
and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from
feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more;
for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat
for them.
EZE 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both
search my sheep, and seek them out.
EZE 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is
among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and
will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in
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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: rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his
rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in
beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of
Egypt.
EXO 8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring
forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon
beast.
EXO 8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of
God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them;
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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: light, and the way wherein they should go.
NEH 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and
withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for
their thirst.
NEH 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so
that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet
swelled not.
NEH 9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst
divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the
land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
NEH 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven,
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