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: EZR 2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa,
Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house,
and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
EZR 2:60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children
of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
EZR 2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah,
the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
EZR 2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted,
put from the priesthood.
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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: see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall
any of the cords thereof be broken.
ISA 33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad
rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall
gallant ship pass thereby.
ISA 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD
is our king; he will save us.
ISA 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen
their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great
spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
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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: himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye
may marvel.
JOH 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
JOH 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son:
JOH 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the
Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which
hath sent him.
JOH 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come
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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: and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near
to some country;
ACT 27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had
gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
ACT 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast
four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
ACT 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when
they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they
would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
ACT 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these
abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
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