| 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: having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy
and without blemish.
EPH 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his wife loveth himself.
EPH 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
EPH 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
bones.
EPH 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
EPH 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and 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: JER 30:2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all
the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
JER 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring
again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I
will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and
they shall possess it.
JER 30:4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel
and concerning Judah.
JER 30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace.
JER 30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
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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: bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until
there be not one small stone found there.
SA2 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of
Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the
LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the
intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
SA2 17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus
and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and
thus and thus have I counselled.
SA2 17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not
this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest
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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: above all gods.
CH2 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and
heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build
him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
CH2 2:7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue,
and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in
Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
CH2 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of
Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in
Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
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