| 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 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine,
are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither
consider the operation of his hands.
ISA 5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have
no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
ISA 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
ISA 5:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man
shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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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: beside the bottom of the altar.
EXO 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards,
and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat
that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
EXO 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung,
shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
EXO 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
put their hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood,
and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
EXO 29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of
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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: smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither
have pity, nor have mercy.
JER 21:8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD;
Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
JER 21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by
the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to
the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be
unto him for a prey.
JER 21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not
for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
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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: which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet:
there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved
them,
EXO 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the
LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt
give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none
of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians:
for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
EXO 15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
EXO 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the
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