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: not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the
God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
EZE 44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat
bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that
gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
EZE 44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house:
and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the
LORD: and I fell upon my face.
EZE 44:5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold
with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee
concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws
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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: garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into
his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
SON 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered
my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have
drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink
abundantly, O beloved.
SON 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved
that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my
undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops
of the night.
SON 5:3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my
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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: together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
ECC 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time
to cast away;
ECC 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;
ECC 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time
of peace.
ECC 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
ECC 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of
men to be exercised in it.
ECC 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath
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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: bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
ISA 47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be
seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
ISA 47:4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy
One of Israel.
ISA 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the
Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
ISA 47:6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance,
and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the
ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
ISA 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou
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