| 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: the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I
passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
GEN 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from
the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and
the mother with the children.
GEN 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy
seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
GEN 32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which
came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
GEN 32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams,
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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: DEU 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the
oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out
with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
DEU 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful
God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep
his commandments to a thousand generations;
DEU 7:10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy
them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to
his face.
DEU 7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes,
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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: made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the
day.
MAT 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no
wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
MAT 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this
last, even as unto thee.
MAT 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is
thine eye evil, because I am good?
MAT 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be
called, but few chosen.
MAT 20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples
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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: shall consecrate themselves.
EZE 43:27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the
eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings
upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith
the Lord GOD.
EZE 44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward
sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
EZE 44:2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall
not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the
God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
EZE 44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat
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