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: the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is
none else.
DEU 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with
thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the
earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
DEU 4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising;
DEU 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his
neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing
unto one of these cities he might live:
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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: offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a
feast to all his servants.
KI1 3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,
and stood before him.
KI1 3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in
one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
KI1 3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered,
that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no
stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
KI1 3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid
it.
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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: her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
JER 51:4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and
they that are thrust through in her streets.
JER 51:5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of
the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the
Holy One of Israel.
JER 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his
soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's
vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
JER 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made
all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore
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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: pound of silver.
NEH 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand
drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and
seven priests' garments.
NEH 7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the
singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel,
dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of
Israel were in their cities.
NEH 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into
the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the
scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had
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