| 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: NUM 16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel
hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to
himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand
before the congregation to minister unto them?
NUM 16:10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren
the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
NUM 16:11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered
together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against
him?
NUM 16:12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab:
which said, We will not come up:
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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: which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them,
and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them
out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
DEU 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath
cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD
hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these
nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
DEU 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine
heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of
these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and
that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
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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: thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion
appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready
to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,
and forsookest them not.
NEH 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is
thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations;
NEH 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to
lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them
light, and the way wherein they should go.
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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: of them.
NEH 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and
took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
NEH 5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from
his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even
thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen,
and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
NEH 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their
governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two
and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and
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