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: Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
CH2 5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and
did not then wait by course:
CH2 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph,
of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed
in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the
east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests
sounding with trumpets:)
CH2 5:13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as
one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD;
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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: wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the
gleanings of thy harvest.
LEV 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou
gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor
and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to
another.
LEV 19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
LEV 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the
wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the
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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: the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the
image which fell down from Jupiter?
ACT 19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye
ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
ACT 19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither
robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
ACT 19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him,
have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies:
let them implead one another.
ACT 19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it
shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
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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: offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat
and to drink, and rose up to play.
EXO 32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy
people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves:
EXO 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I
commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped
it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O
Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
EXO 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and,
behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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