| 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: JER 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of
Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and
they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no
water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
JER 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which
was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the
dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
JER 38:8 Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to
the king saying,
JER 38:9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they
have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon;
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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: separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one
side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple,
and the porches of the court;
EZE 41:16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries
round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with
wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows
were covered;
EZE 41:17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and
without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
EZE 41:18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm
tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
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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: LUK 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that
he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of
corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
LUK 6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that
which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
LUK 6:3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as
this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were
with him;
LUK 6:4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the
shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not
lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
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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: by whom they had children. NEH 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of
Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth
year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
NEH 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of
Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
NEH 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the
captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach:
the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire.
NEH 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down
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