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: drink with the drunken;
MAT 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh
not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
MAT 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with
the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
MAT 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
MAT 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
MAT 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them:
MAT 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
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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: the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
EXO 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do
after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite
break down their images.
EXO 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy
bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of
thee.
EXO 23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy
land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
EXO 23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the
people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn
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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: detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt
offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he
was an angel of the LORD.
JDG 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,
that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
JDG 13:18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus
after my name, seeing it is secret?
JDG 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it
upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and
his wife looked on.
JDG 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven
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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: with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom
and Raamses.
EXO 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and
grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
EXO 1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with
rigour:
EXO 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter,
and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their
service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
EXO 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which
the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
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