| 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: LUK 1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to
circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of
his father.
LUK 1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be
called John.
LUK 1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is
called by this name.
LUK 1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him
called.
LUK 1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name
is John. And they marvelled all.
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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: Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
MAT 10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that
shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
MAT 10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what
ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
MAT 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to
kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.
MAT 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them
shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
MAT 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
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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: EZR 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for
Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for
Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for
Elnathan, men of understanding.
EZR 8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the
place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to
his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should
bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
EZR 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man
of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
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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: KI1 7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had
borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
KI1 7:29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions,
oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and
beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
KI1 7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass:
and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were
undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
KI1 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:
but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and
an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,
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