| 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: the Jews, and part with the apostles.
ACT 14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and
also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to
stone them,
ACT 14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities
of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
ACT 14:7 And there they preached the gospel.
ACT 14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
ACT 14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
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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: GEN 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless
thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries,
and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
GEN 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed;
GEN 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
GEN 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
GEN 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said,
She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he,
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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: ivory and ebony.
EZE 27:16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the
wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple,
and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
EZE 27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they
traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil,
and balm.
EZE 27:18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of
thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and
white wool.
EZE 27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs:
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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: EXO 29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of
him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
EXO 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a
burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by
fire unto the LORD.
EXO 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons
shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put
it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right
ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the
great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar
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