| 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: CH2 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
CH2 4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of
God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was
set;
CH2 4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should
burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
CH2 4:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of
gold, and that perfect gold;
CH2 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the
censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors
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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: promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul
longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after.
DEU 12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his
name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of
thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and
thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
DEU 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat
them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
DEU 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is
the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
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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: seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
GEN 31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and
said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or
bad.
GEN 31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in
the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
GEN 31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast
stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives
taken with the sword?
GEN 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from
me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth,
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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: them.
NEH 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,
and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
NEH 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the
law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth
part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
NEH 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried
with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
NEH 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,
Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless
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