| 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: compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops
were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
KI1 7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and
three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and
three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and
all their hinder parts were inward.
KI1 7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two
thousand baths.
KI1 7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of
one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits 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: and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
EXO 29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of
him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
EXO 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a
burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by
fire unto the LORD.
EXO 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons
shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put
it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right
ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon 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: KI1 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and
his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
KI1 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all
Israel was forty years.
KI1 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the
city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to
Shechem to make him king.
KI1 12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was
yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king
Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
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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: MIC 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the
LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?
MIC 6:9 The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom
shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
MIC 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the
wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
MIC 6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the
bag of deceitful weights?
MIC 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the
inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in
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