| 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: RTH 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for
that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto
thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
RTH 2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat
of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the
reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was
sufficed, and left.
RTH 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young
men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
RTH 2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and
leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
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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 6:48 I am that bread of life.
JOH 6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
JOH 6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man
may eat thereof, and not die.
JOH 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will
give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
JOH 6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can
this man give us his flesh to eat?
JOH 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have
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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: PSA 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of
the earth.
PSA 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the
heads of the dragons in the waters.
PSA 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him
to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
PSA 74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up
mighty rivers.
PSA 74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared
the light and the sun.
PSA 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made
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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: in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner
of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that
only may be done of you.
EXO 12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in
this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt:
therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance
for ever.
EXO 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at
even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of
the month at even.
EXO 12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for
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