| 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: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the
children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
NEH 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for
the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the
tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions
of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the
priests and for the Levites that waited.
NEH 12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their
God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of
David, and of Solomon his son.
NEH 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of
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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: KI1 9:5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for
ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
KI1 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have
set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
KI1 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out
of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all
people:
KI1 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by 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: EXO 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made
the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
EXO 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left.
EXO 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the
midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his
horsemen.
EXO 14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD
looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of
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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: EZR 7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the
seventh year of the king.
EZR 7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up
from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to
Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
EZR 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD,
and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
EZR 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes
gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the
commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
EZR 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of
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