| 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: COL 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
COL 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of
Christ.
COL 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility
and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not
seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
COL 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints
and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth
with the increase of God.
COL 2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of 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: DAN 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful
in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and
such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they
might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
DAN 1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's
meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years,
that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
DAN 1:6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
DAN 1:7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave
unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and
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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: priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or
of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without
blemish.
LEV 1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before
the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round
about upon the altar.
LEV 1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his
fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the
fire which is upon the altar:
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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: JER 4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the
anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the
daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands,
saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
JER 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see
now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a
man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;
and I will pardon it.
JER 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear
falsely.
JER 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken
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