| 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: whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
NUM 7:20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt offering:
NUM 7:22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
NUM 7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of 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: in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
GEN 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
GEN 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to
another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
GEN 26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came,
and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto
him, We have found water.
GEN 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is
Beersheba unto this day.
GEN 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon 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: speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
GEN 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou
sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen
my gods?
GEN 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid:
for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from
me.
GEN 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live:
before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to
thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
GEN 31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and
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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: of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the
upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation
shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
ZEP 2:15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in
her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a
desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by
her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
ZEP 3:1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
ZEP 3:2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she
trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
ZEP 3:3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are
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