| 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: MAT 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in
the synagogues,
MAT 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi.
MAT 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even
Christ; and all ye are brethren.
MAT 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
MAT 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ.
MAT 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
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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: JER 45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief
to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
JER 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold,
that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted
I will pluck up, even this whole land.
JER 45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,
behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life
will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
JER 46:1 The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet
against the Gentiles;
JER 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt,
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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: ZEC 9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go
forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and
shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
ZEC 9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour,
and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of
the altar.
ZEC 9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the
flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted
up as an ensign upon his land.
ZEC 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!
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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: LEV 6:4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that
he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which
he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or
the lost thing which he found,
LEV 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even
restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto,
and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass
offering.
LEV 6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram
without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass
offering, unto the priest:
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