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: depart.
LUK 9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that
city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against
them.
LUK 9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the
gospel, and healing every where.
LUK 9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and
he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen
from the dead;
LUK 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one
of the old prophets was risen again.
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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: touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put
to death:
EXO 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be
stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live:
when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
EXO 19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and
sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
EXO 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day:
come not at your wives.
EXO 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that
there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount,
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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 bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child
therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
EXO 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to
him.
EXO 2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the
river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she
saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
EXO 2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the
babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the
Hebrews' children.
EXO 2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call
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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: and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money
is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left
in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
GEN 47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our
land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be
servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die,
that the land be not desolate.
GEN 47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over
them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
GEN 47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end
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