| 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: but they had no comforter.
ECC 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than
the living which are yet alive.
ECC 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who
hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
ECC 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for
this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation
of spirit.
ECC 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
ECC 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full
with travail and vexation of spirit.
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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: before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken?
or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I
received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it
you.
SA1 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us,
neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
SA1 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and
his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my
hand. And they answered, He is witness.
SA1 12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced
Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land 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: shall do no servile work.
NUM 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat
offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
NUM 28:27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto
the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
NUM 28:28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
NUM 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven
lambs;
NUM 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
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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: soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was
not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon
him.
NUM 19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come
into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
NUM 19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it,
is unclean.
NUM 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the
open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days.
NUM 19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the
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