| 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: priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
LEV 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own
left hand:
LEV 14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of
the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
LEV 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon
the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the
thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon
the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
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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: I was very sore afraid,
NEH 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should
not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'
sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
NEH 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So
I prayed to the God of heaven.
NEH 2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy
servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto
Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
NEH 2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For
how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased
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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 great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
GEN 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GEN 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and
Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his
sons with them, into the ark;
GEN 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after
their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after
his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
GEN 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
GEN 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh,
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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: JER 34:4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus
saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
JER 34:5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy
fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn
odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have
pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
JER 34:6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah
king of Judah in Jerusalem,
JER 34:7 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and
against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and
against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of
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