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: covenant of the LORD, saying,
DEU 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark
of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness
against thee.
DEU 31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I
am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the
LORD; and how much more after my death?
DEU 31:28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your
officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven
and earth to record against them.
DEU 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt
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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: Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
JOS 20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of
Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever
killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the
hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
JOS 21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto
Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads
of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
JOS 21:2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan,
saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
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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: wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
LUK 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and saying,
LUK 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men.
LUK 2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them
into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us.
LUK 2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.
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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: AMO 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in
unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
AMO 2:8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by
every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of
their god.
AMO 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like
the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed
his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
AMO 2:10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you
forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
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