| 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: bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
KI1 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two
rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the
chapiters that were upon the pillars;
KI1 7:43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
KI1 7:44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
KI1 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD,
were of bright brass.
KI1 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
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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: part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact
of them.
NEH 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and
took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
NEH 5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from
his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even
thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen,
and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
NEH 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their
governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two
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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: be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
LEV 2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a
meat offering.
LEV 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan,
it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
LEV 2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these
things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall
bring it unto the altar.
LEV 2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial
thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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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: all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the
kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from
the LORD.
KI1 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said
unto him, Say on.
KI1 2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for
he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to
wife.
KI1 2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
KI1 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him
for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto
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