| 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: branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof:
EXO 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch,
a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another
branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of
the candlestick.
EXO 37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his
knops, and his flowers:
EXO 37:21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under
two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches going out of it.
EXO 37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it
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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: of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all
the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
NUM 4:10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
NUM 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue,
and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the
staves thereof:
NUM 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith
they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and
cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a
bar:
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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: daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that
bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
JER 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented;
neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of
the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and
their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts
of the earth.
JER 16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning,
neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace
from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
JER 16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they
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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: EXO 8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land
stank.
EXO 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his
heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
EXO 8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy
rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his
rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in
beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of
Egypt.
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