| 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: KI1 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me,
The word that I have heard is good.
KI1 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
KI1 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my
father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head;
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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: upon the earth,
GEN 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
GEN 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the
open firmament of heaven.
GEN 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and
every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, 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: shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that
they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
MAL 3:4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto
the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
MAL 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against
false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger
from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
MAL 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
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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: entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be
porters of the doors;
CH2 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third
part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the
courts of the house of the LORD.
CH2 23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the
priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for
they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
CH2 23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man
with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house,
he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and
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