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: JOB 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that
are high.
JOB 21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and
quiet.
JOB 21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened
with marrow.
JOB 21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never
eateth with pleasure.
JOB 21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall
cover them.
JOB 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye
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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: any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own
sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
CH2 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive,
and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
CH2 6:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they
live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
CH2 6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people
Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and
thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in
this house;
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