| 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: the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's
bones shall be burnt upon thee.
KI1 13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign
which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the
ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
KI1 13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of
the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put
forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand,
which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it
in again to him.
KI1 13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the
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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: JOH 1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
JOH 1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou
then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
JOH 1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there
standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
JOH 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose
shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
JOH 1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John
was baptizing.
JOH 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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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: offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
SA1 13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of
offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to
meet him, that he might salute him.
SA1 13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because
I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not
within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves
together at Michmash;
SA1 13:12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me
to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced
myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
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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: MAT 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias,
saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of
the Lord, make his paths straight.
MAT 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a
leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild
honey.
MAT 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the
region round about Jordan,
MAT 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
MAT 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his
baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you
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