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: his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should
bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
EZR 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man
of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
EZR 8:19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari,
his brethren and their sons, twenty;
EZR 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had
appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty
Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
EZR 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we
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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: reasoning in their hearts,
MAR 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins
but God only?
MAR 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so
reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these
things in your hearts?
MAR 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins
be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
MAR 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth
to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
MAR 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way
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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: before the LORD.
LEV 4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's
blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
LEV 4:17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
LEV 4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar
which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation,
and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt
offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the
altar.
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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: reproof:
PRO 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear
cometh;
PRO 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction
cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
PRO 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they
shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
PRO 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of
the LORD:
PRO 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
PRO 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be
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