| 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: the misery of man is great upon him.
ECC 8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him
when it shall be?
ECC 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the
spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no
discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
given to it.
ECC 8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that
is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over
another to his own hurt.
ECC 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the
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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: ISA 51:5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine
arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine
arm shall they trust.
ISA 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth
beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth
shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in
like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness
shall not be abolished.
ISA 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in
whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye
afraid of their revilings.
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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: congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering
thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation,
NUM 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of
the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and
the cords of it for all the service thereof.
NUM 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family
of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
NUM 3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the
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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: NUM 8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the
shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto
the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
NUM 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
NUM 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle
water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and
let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
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