| 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: my father's house have sinned.
NEH 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept
the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou
commandedst thy servant Moses.
NEH 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy
servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among
the nations:
NEH 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them;
though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven,
yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place
that I have chosen to set my name there.
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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: EXO 39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
EXO 39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole
of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not
rend.
EXO 39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
EXO 39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between
the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the
pomegranates;
EXO 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round
about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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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: PRO 7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
PRO 7:10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an
harlot, and subtil of heart.
PRO 7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
PRO 7:12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at
every corner.)
PRO 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face
said unto him,
PRO 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
PRO 7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy
face, and I have found thee.
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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 35:15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets,
rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from
his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to
serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and
to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto
me.
JER 35:16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed
the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this
people hath not hearkened unto me:
JER 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of
Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of
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