| 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: RTH 2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed
me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of
thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the
land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not
heretofore.
RTH 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee
of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
RTH 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for
that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto
thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
RTH 2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat
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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: fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of
cunning work shalt thou make them.
EXO 26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits,
and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the
curtains shall have one measure.
EXO 26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another;
and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
EXO 26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one
curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make
in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
EXO 26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty
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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: EXO 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
brass.
EXO 38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the
altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
EXO 38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass,
of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
EXO 38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the
hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
EXO 38:10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty;
the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
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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: SA1 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with
three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and
brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was
young.
SA1 1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
SA1 1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am
the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
SA1 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my
petition which I asked of him:
SA1 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he
liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
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