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: seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
SA1 2:14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they
did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
SA1 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and
said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for
he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
SA1 2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the
fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would
answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take
it by force.
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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: Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
NUM 5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any
man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
NUM 5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 5:12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any
man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
NUM 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes
of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no
witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
NUM 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of
his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon
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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: silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
EZR 2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and
the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,
and all Israel in their cities.
EZR 3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel
were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man
to Jerusalem.
EZR 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the
priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and
builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings
thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
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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: JOS 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that
have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
JOS 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river,
the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great
sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
JOS 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will
not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
JOS 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt
thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their
fathers to give them.
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