| 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: Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up
the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
NEH 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon
the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of
the governor on this side the river.
NEH 3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the
goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the
apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
NEH 3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler
of the half part of Jerusalem.
NEH 3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even
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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: NUM 15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an
heave offering in your generations.
NUM 15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these
commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
NUM 15:23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of
Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward
among your generations;
NUM 15:24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without
the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the
LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to 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: word again, that I may come and worship him also.
MAT 2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood
over where the young child was.
MAT 2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great
joy.
MAT 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when
they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,
and frankincense and myrrh.
MAT 2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return
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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: they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
JON 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee,
O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay
not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased
thee.
JON 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and
the sea ceased from her raging.
JON 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a
sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
JON 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.
And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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