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: KI1 7:44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
KI1 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD,
were of bright brass.
KI1 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
KI1 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
KI1 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house
of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the
shewbread was,
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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: JOH 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto
life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice
together.
JOH 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another
reapeth.
JOH 4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other
men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
JOH 4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for
the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I
did.
JOH 4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him
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