| 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: Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
NEH 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud,
with Jezrahiah their overseer.
NEH 12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced:
for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
NEH 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for
the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the
tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions
of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the
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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: MAT 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?
MAT 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said,
This man calleth for Elias.
MAT 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and
filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
MAT 27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to
save him.
MAT 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up
the ghost.
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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: come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of
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.
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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: know that I am the LORD:
EZE 16:63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open
thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee
for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
EZE 17:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
EZE 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the
house of Israel;
EZE 17:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great
wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto
Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
EZE 17:4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into
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