| 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: building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof
ninety cubits.
EZE 41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the
separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred
cubits long;
EZE 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the
separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
EZE 41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against the
separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one
side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple,
and the porches of the court;
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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: ISA 49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me
these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and
removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left
alone; these, where had they been?
ISA 49:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to
the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring
thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their
shoulders.
ISA 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy
nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the
earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am
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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: to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be
shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath:
and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden
be brought in on the sabbath day.
NEH 13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged
without Jerusalem once or twice.
NEH 13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge
ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that
time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
NEH 13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse
themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify
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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: CH2 9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon,
which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
CH2 9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of
the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for
singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
CH2 9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king.
So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
CH2 9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
CH2 9:14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the
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