| 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: of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an
husband seven years from her virginity;
LUK 2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which
departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers
night and day.
LUK 2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the
Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in
Jerusalem.
LUK 2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of
the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
LUK 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with
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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: MAR 9:18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth,
and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy
disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
MAR 9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long
shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
MAR 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him,
straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed
foaming.
MAR 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came
unto him? And he said, Of a child.
MAR 9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the
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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: an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
EZE 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five
and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
EZE 45:13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of
an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an
ephah of an homer of barley:
EZE 45:14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall
offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten
baths; for ten baths are an homer:
EZE 45:15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the
fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering,
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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 populous:
DEU 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and
laid upon us hard bondage:
DEU 26:7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD
heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our
oppression:
DEU 26:8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with
signs, and with wonders:
DEU 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this
land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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