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 20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples
apart in the way, and said unto them,
MAT 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be
betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall
condemn him to death,
MAT 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to
scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
MAT 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her
sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
MAT 20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him,
Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and 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: JER 11:3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel;
Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
JER 11:4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my
voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be
my people, and I will be your God:
JER 11:5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your
fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this
day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
JER 11:6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye 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: Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to
praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man
of God, ward over against ward.
NEH 12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
NEH 12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son
of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the
priest, the scribe.
NEH 12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought
the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep
the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing,
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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: LEV 15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their
uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my
tabernacle that is among them.
LEV 15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose
seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
LEV 15:33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath
an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her
that is unclean.
LEV 16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons
of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
LEV 16:2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
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