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: into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
DEU 14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and
the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore
they are unclean unto you.
DEU 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not
the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor
touch their dead carcase.
DEU 14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that
have fins and scales shall ye eat:
DEU 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is
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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: water that was at his bolster.
SA1 26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my
son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
SA1 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his
servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
SA1 26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the
words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let
him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be
they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding
in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
SA1 26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the
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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: unclean, to him it is unclean.
ROM 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou
not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
ROM 14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
ROM 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
ROM 14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to
God, and approved of men.
ROM 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
ROM 14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are
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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: cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the
borders thereof were of the same.
KI1 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders
thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the
proportion of every one, and additions round about.
KI1 7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one
casting, one measure, and one size.
KI1 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty
baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten
bases one laver.
KI1 7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five
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