| 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: house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
EZR 6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the
province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
EZR 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king
made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be
builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the
foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
EZR 6:4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and
let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
EZR 6:5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God,
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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: rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
MAT 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first
be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
MAT 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way
with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and
the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
MAT 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out
thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
MAT 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt
not commit adultery:
MAT 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
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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: and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we
certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
GEN 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me,
and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and
thou, and also our little ones.
GEN 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him:
if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear
the blame for ever:
GEN 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
second time.
GEN 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now,
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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: body into the graves of the common people.
JER 26:24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with
Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to
put him to death.
JER 27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
JER 27:2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put
them upon thy neck,
JER 27:3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab,
and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the
king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem
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