| 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: statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding
people.
DEU 4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto
them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
DEU 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and
judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
DEU 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest
thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart
from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and
thy sons' sons;
DEU 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God
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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: laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation with Moses and Aaron.
NUM 16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD
appeared unto all the congregation.
NUM 16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUM 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
NUM 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of
the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with
all the congregation?
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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: of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:
all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
LAM 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn
feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
LAM 1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the
LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her
children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
LAM 1:6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her
princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone
without strength before the pursuer.
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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: CO1 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
CO1 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they
shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away.
CO1 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
CO1 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in
part shall be done away.
CO1 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a
child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away
childish things.
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