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: saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this
land?
JER 37:20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me
not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
JER 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit
Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him
daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in
the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
JER 38:1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of
Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah,
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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: CH2 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that
was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without,
and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in
abundance.
CH2 32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them
together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake
comfortably to them, saying,
CH2 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the
king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there
be more with us than with him:
CH2 32:8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God
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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: up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for
they are hallowed.
NUM 16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let
them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they
offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they
shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
NUM 16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith
they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a
covering of the altar:
NUM 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no
stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense
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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: compare unto him?
ISA 40:19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith
spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
ISA 40:20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth
a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to
prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
ISA 40:21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told
you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of
the earth?
ISA 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens
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