| 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: this is the first commandment.
MAR 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than
these.
MAR 12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said
the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
MAR 12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to
love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices.
MAR 12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto
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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: they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his
captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
KI1 9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's
work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that
wrought in the work.
KI1 9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto
her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
KI1 9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings
and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he
burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished
the house.
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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 Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be
unto him for a prey.
JER 21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not
for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
JER 21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the
word of the LORD;
JER 21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in
the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench
it, because of the evil of your doings.
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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: like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him
with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till
he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he
appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
DAN 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,
though thou knewest all this;
DAN 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and
they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and
thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood,
and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand
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