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: truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
MAR 14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.
MAR 14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their
eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
MAR 14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on
now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son
of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
MAR 14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
MAR 14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the
twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the
chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
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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: children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them
captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
JER 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he
shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land,
and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
JER 50:35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the
inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
JER 50:36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is
upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
JER 50:37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and
upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall
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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: were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years
old and upward which have murmured against me.
NUM 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I
sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun.
NUM 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them
will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
NUM 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this
wilderness.
NUM 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years,
and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the
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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: lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
NUM 8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the
shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto
the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
NUM 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
NUM 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle
water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and
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