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 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
MAT 16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we
have taken no bread.
MAT 16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little
faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
MAT 16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of
the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
MAT 16:10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many
baskets ye took up?
MAT 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to
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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: thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
GEN 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God
shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
GEN 41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood
upon the bank of the river:
GEN 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,
fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
GEN 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and
very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land
of Egypt for badness:
GEN 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first
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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: them.
NEH 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,
and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
NEH 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the
law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth
part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
NEH 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried
with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
NEH 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,
Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless
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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: to eat.
MAT 14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two
fishes.
MAT 14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
MAT 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and
took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
MAT 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of
the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
MAT 14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside
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