| 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: pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters
which were upon the pillars.
CH2 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
CH2 4:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
CH2 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the
house of the LORD of bright brass.
CH2 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
CH2 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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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: enemies against whom ye fight.
JOS 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged
them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the
evening.
JOS 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun,
that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast
them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in
the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
JOS 10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all
the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king
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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: they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was
before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
EZE 36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they
had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted
it:
EZE 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were
dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to
their doings I judged them.
EZE 36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went,
they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people
of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
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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: have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of
the people.
PSA 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I
anointed him:
PSA 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him.
PSA 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him.
PSA 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague
them that hate him.
PSA 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my
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