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: MAT 14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
MAT 14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the
multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
MAT 14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias
danced before them, and pleased Herod.
MAT 14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she
would ask.
MAT 14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me
here John Baptist's head in a charger.
MAT 14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and
them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
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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: talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary.
EXO 38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation
was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and
fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
EXO 38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the
shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from
twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand
and five hundred and fifty men.
EXO 38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of
the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the
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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: JDG 3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said,
Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
JDG 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer
parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message
from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
JDG 3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
JDG 3:22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed
upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly;
and the dirt came out.
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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: not, because ye are not of God.
JOH 8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well
that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
JOH 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father,
and ye do dishonour me.
JOH 8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and
judgeth.
JOH 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he
shall never see death.
JOH 8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a
devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep
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