| 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: from the dead;
LUK 9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one
of the old prophets was risen again.
LUK 9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom
I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
LUK 9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that
they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert
place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
LUK 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he
received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed
them that had need of healing.
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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: the land.
EXO 12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall
ye eat unleavened bread.
EXO 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto
them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill
the passover.
EXO 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood
that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with
the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door
of his house until the morning.
EXO 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and
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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: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
JER 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an
everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations
shall not be able to abide his indignation.
JER 10:11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from
under these heavens.
JER 10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
discretion.
JER 10:13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in
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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: clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of
the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
EST 4:2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into
the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
EST 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and
his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting,
and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
EST 4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her.
Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe
Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it
not.
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