| 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: MAT 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription?
MAT 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the
things that are God's.
MAT 22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left
him, and went their way.
MAT 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there
is no resurrection, and asked him,
MAT 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children,
his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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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: an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
ECC 10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that
cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
ECC 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must
he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
ECC 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a
babbler is no better.
ECC 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of
a fool will swallow up himself.
ECC 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and
the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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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: minister unto him for ever.
CH1 15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring
up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
CH1 15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
CH1 15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twenty:
CH1 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred and twenty:
CH1 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an
hundred and thirty:
CH1 15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren
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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: fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same,
yearly,
EST 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and
the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from
mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting
and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
EST 9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as
Mordecai had written unto them;
EST 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of
all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast
Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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