| 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: MAT 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
MAT 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it
from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
MAT 5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him
give her a writing of divorcement:
MAT 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,
saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
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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: MAT 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised
again. And they were exceeding sorry.
MAT 17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received
tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
MAT 17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus
prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings
of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of
strangers?
MAT 17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him,
Then are the children free.
MAT 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the
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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: pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters
which were upon the pillars.
CH2 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
CH2 4:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
CH2 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the
house of the LORD of bright brass.
CH2 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
CH2 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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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: him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he
had done.
ACT 21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude:
and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded
him to be carried into the castle.
ACT 21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was
borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
ACT 21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away
with him.
ACT 21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the
chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
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