| 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: it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was
not my son, which I did bear.
KI1 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and
the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the
living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
KI1 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,
and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
KI1 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword
before the king.
KI1 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give
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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: the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
NUM 7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt offering:
NUM 7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
NUM 7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince
of the children of Manasseh:
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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: faithfulness every night,
PSA 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon
the harp with a solemn sound.
PSA 92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will
triumph in the works of thy hands.
PSA 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very
deep.
PSA 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand
this.
PSA 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers
of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
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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: LUK 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,
and the other a publican.
LUK 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank
thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even as this publican.
LUK 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I
possess.
LUK 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so
much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
LUK 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather
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