| 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: Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the
door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little
children.
NUM 16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent
me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
NUM 16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be
visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
NUM 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her
mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they
go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have
provoked the LORD.
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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: thee?
MAR 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high
priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed?
MAR 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting
on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
MAR 14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need
we any further witnesses?
MAR 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all
condemned him to be guilty of death.
MAR 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to
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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: MAT 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come
forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
MAT 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
MAT 13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things?
They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
MAT 13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is
instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an
householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and
old.
MAT 13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these
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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: keep the sabbath day.
DEU 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well
with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
DEU 5:17 Thou shalt not kill.
DEU 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
DEU 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.
DEU 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
DEU 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt
thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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