| 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: Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
GEN 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
GEN 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
GEN 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to
him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast
taken; for she is a man's wife.
GEN 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt
thou slay also a righteous nation?
GEN 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she
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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: how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
PSA 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
PSA 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon
your bed, and be still. Selah.
PSA 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in
the LORD.
PSA 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
PSA 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
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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: EZE 23:37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their
hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also
caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the
fire, to devour them.
EZE 23:38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my
sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
EZE 23:39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then
they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus
have they done in the midst of mine house.
EZE 23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far,
unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst
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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: MAT 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and,
He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
MAT 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
MAT 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your
tradition.
MAT 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
MAT 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
MAT 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the
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