| 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: LEV 13:57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or
in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou
shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
LEV 13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of
skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them,
then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
LEV 13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of
woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
LEV 14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 14:2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his
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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: cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus
shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she
shall feign herself to be another woman.
KI1 14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she
came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why
feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy
tidings.
KI1 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince
over my people Israel,
KI1 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it
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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: ISA 50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was
there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot
redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the
sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there
is no water, and dieth for thirst.
ISA 50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth
their covering.
ISA 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I
should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he
wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the
learned.
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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: his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
ISA 5:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and
planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it,
and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring
forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
ISA 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I
pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
ISA 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not
done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes,
brought it forth wild grapes?
ISA 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I
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