| 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: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of
Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
NEH 12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai,
Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of
David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
NEH 12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they
went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,
above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
NEH 12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over
against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the
wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
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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: JOB 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and
thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
JOB 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine
offspring as the grass of the earth.
JOB 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of
corn cometh in in his season.
JOB 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou
it for thy good.
JOB 6:1 But Job answered and said,
JOB 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid
in the balances together!
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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: things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying,
Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
MAT 21:16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus
saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
MAT 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and
he lodged there.
MAT 21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
MAT 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and
found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit
grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered
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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: sister in her whoredoms.
EZE 23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and
rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them
desirable young men.
EZE 23:13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
EZE 23:14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men
pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with
vermilion,
EZE 23:15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed
attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the
manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
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