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: following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my
God:
RTH 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the
LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
RTH 1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,
then she left speaking unto her.
RTH 1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to
pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved
about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
RTH 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for
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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: DEU 5:17 Thou shalt not kill.
DEU 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
DEU 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.
DEU 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
DEU 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt
thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
DEU 5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount
out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness,
with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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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: open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
LEV 14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and
scall,
LEV 14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
LEV 14:56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
LEV 14:57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is
the law of leprosy.
LEV 15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
LEV 15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any
man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is
unclean.
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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: JOS 3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and
lodged there before they passed over.
JOS 3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went
through the host;
JOS 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of
the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing
it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
JOS 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two
thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the
way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
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