| 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: and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
NEH 2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither
had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles,
nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
NEH 2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come,
and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a
reproach.
NEH 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me;
as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let
us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good
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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: that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with
good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is
better than he.
ECC 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and
his name shall be covered with darkness.
ECC 6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this
hath more rest than the other.
ECC 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he
seen no good: do not all go to one place?
ECC 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is
not filled.
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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: GEN 44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the
lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
GEN 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with
us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs
of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
GEN 44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my
father for ever.
GEN 44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of
the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
GEN 44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with
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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: strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
LEV 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and
they died before the LORD.
LEV 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake,
saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all
the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
LEV 10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the
uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from
before the sanctuary out of the camp.
LEV 10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the
camp; as Moses had said.
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