| 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: ISA 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
ISA 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
ISA 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with
iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered
perverseness.
ISA 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they
trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth
iniquity.
ISA 59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he
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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: him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
LUK 23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together:
for before they were at enmity between themselves.
LUK 23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and
the rulers and the people,
LUK 23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that
perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you,
have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse
him:
LUK 23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing
worthy of death is done unto him.
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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 outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
EST 6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth
in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
EST 6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be
done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought
in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to
myself?
EST 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king
delighteth to honour,
EST 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear,
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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: Goshen.
GEN 47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented
them unto Pharaoh.
GEN 47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and
also our fathers.
GEN 47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are
we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the
famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let
thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
GEN 47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy
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