| 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: their nets.
MAR 1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father
Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
MAR 1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath
day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
MAR 1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them
as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
MAR 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;
and he cried out,
MAR 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, 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: PSA 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their
lust.
PSA 78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a
table in the wilderness?
PSA 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and
the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for
his people?
PSA 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was
kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
PSA 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his
salvation:
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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: hyssop:
LEV 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed
in an earthen vessel over running water:
LEV 14:6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood,
and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird
in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
LEV 14:7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the
leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the
living bird loose into the open field.
LEV 14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and
shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean:
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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: out at the side of the altar:
LEV 1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast
it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
LEV 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not
divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the
wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his
offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put
frankincense thereon:
LEV 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall
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