| 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: DAN 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the
princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to
establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever
shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O
king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
DAN 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that
it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which
altereth not.
DAN 6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
DAN 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into
his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,
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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: of Shalmai,
NEH 7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of
Gahar,
NEH 7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda,
NEH 7:51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
Phaseah,
NEH 7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
NEH 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
of Harhur,
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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: LUK 16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said,
An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and
write fourscore.
LUK 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done
wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser
than the children of light.
LUK 16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon
of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
LUK 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also
in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
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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: candlestick.
EXO 25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it
shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
EXO 25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall
light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
EXO 25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be
of pure gold.
EXO 25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these
vessels.
EXO 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was
shewed thee in the mount.
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