| 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: me are of thee.
JOH 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and
they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from
thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
JOH 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which
thou hast given me; for they are thine.
JOH 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
glorified in them.
JOH 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the
world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name
those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
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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: covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor
his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
EXO 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,
and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the
people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
EXO 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will
hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
EXO 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to
prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
EXO 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the
thick darkness where God was.
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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: they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
and frankincense and myrrh.
MAT 2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return
to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
MAT 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring
thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
MAT 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by
night, and departed into Egypt:
MAT 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be
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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: land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
NUM 32:10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,
saying,
NUM 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
NUM 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
NUM 32:13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
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