| 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: now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman
that had a long time mourned for the dead:
SA2 14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So
Joab put the words in her mouth.
SA2 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on
her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
SA2 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
SA2 14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in
the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other,
and slew him.
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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 went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before
them.
EZE 40:23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate
toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate
an hundred cubits.
EZE 40:24 After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate
toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches
thereof according to these measures.
EZE 40:25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round
about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth
five and twenty cubits.
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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: LUK 10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a
certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her
house.
LUK 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus'
feet, and heard his word.
LUK 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him,
and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve
alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
LUK 10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou
art careful and troubled about many things:
LUK 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good
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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: ZEC 11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly
price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of
silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
ZEC 11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might
break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
ZEC 11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments
of a foolish shepherd.
ZEC 11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall
not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor
heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he
shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
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