| 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: GEN 24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether
the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
GEN 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that
the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets
for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
GEN 24:23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is
there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
GEN 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son
of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
GEN 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: to war;
NUM 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
NUM 1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
to war;
NUM 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
NUM 1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
King James Bible |
| 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: JOB 15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall
cast off his flower as the olive.
JOB 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and
fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
JOB 15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their
belly prepareth deceit.
JOB 16:1 Then Job answered and said,
JOB 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye
all.
JOB 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that
thou answerest?
King James Bible |
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: spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
NUM 4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of
blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and
covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
NUM 4:8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover
the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
NUM 4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick
of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all
the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
King James Bible |
