| 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: thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,
taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
LUK 19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that
at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
LUK 19:24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound,
and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
LUK 19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
LUK 19:26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be
given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away
from him.
LUK 19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign
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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: among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that
shall rule my people Israel.
MAT 2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired
of them diligently what time the star appeared.
MAT 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me
word again, that I may come and worship him also.
MAT 2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood
over where the young child was.
MAT 2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great
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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: the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
GAL 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to
Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
GAL 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of
us all.
GAL 4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;
break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath
many more children than she which hath an husband.
GAL 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
GAL 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him
that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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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: Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
EST 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters
that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return
upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the
gallows.
EST 9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had
seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
EST 9:27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed,
and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not
fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing,
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