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: tell the children of Israel;
EXO 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you
on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
EXO 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people:
for all the earth is mine:
EXO 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy
nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of
Israel.
EXO 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and
laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
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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: until the even.
LEV 15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until
the even.
LEV 15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean;
then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even.
LEV 15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue
shall be unclean.
LEV 15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be
unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall
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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: JER 35:18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the
commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done
according unto all that he hath commanded you:
JER 35:19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for
ever.
JER 36:1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
JER 36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words
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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: that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had
golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
JDG 8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they
spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his
prey.
JDG 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a
thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and
collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside
the chains that were about their camels' necks.
JDG 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even
in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing
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