| 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: king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth
of Jeremiah, saying,
JER 36:28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former
words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah
hath burned.
JER 36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the
LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein,
saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land,
and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
JER 36:30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He
shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall
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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: JOB 36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapour thereof:
JOB 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
JOB 36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the
noise of his tabernacle?
JOB 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the
bottom of the sea.
JOB 36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in
abundance.
JOB 36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to
shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
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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: ECC 2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I
withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my
labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
ECC 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and
on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and
vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
ECC 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly:
for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath
been already done.
ECC 2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness.
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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: JOH 8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the
last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
JOH 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman,
he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man
condemned thee?
JOH 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I
condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
JOH 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of
the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall
have the light of life.
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