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: though thou knewest all this;
DAN 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and
they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and
thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood,
and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand
thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
DAN 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing
was written.
DAN 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.
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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: JOB 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I
say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
JOB 9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would
despise my life.
JOB 9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the
perfect and the wicked.
JOB 9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of
the innocent.
JOB 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth
the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
JOB 9:25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see
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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: CH1 6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in
the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
CH1 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the
tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the
house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office
according to their order.
CH1 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the
sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Shemuel,
CH1 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the
son of Toah,
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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 in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and
branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
NEH 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made
themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their
courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the
water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
NEH 8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of
the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days
of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel
done so. And there was very great gladness.
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