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: appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
LEV 16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young
bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
LEV 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the
linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle,
and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments;
therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
LEV 16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of
Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt
offering.
LEV 16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which
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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: king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a
feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews;
for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
EST 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the
thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree
drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the
Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the
contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
EST 9:2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities
throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such
as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of
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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: stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl,
the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared
in thee in the day that thou wast created.
EZE 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set
thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up
and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
EZE 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast
created, till iniquity was found in thee.
EZE 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the
midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast
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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: against me my reproach:
JOB 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me
with his net.
JOB 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud,
but there is no judgment.
JOB 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set
darkness in my paths.
JOB 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my
head.
JOB 19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine
hope hath he removed like a tree.
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