| 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: MAT 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the
wheat, and went his way.
MAT 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also.
MAT 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it
tares?
MAT 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said
unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
MAT 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root
up also the wheat with them.
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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: CH1 22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give
thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD
thy God.
CH1 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the
statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning
Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
CH1 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of
the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand
talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in
abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add
thereto.
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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: you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should
remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may
give it you.
JOH 15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
JOH 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it
hated you.
JOH 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
JOH 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also
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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: MAT 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and
by all things thereon.
MAT 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by
him that dwelleth therein.
MAT 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of
God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
MAT 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other undone.
MAT 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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