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: PSA 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in
thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
PSA 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great
is the sum of them!
PSA 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the
sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
PSA 139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me
therefore, ye bloody men.
PSA 139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take
thy name in vain.
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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: prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
KI1 8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there:
that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make
toward this place.
KI1 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of
thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou
in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
KI1 8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid
upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in
this house:
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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: all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number
of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the
king's substance.
CH2 35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the
priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of
the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two
thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.
CH2 35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the
Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five
hundred oxen.
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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: the people of the land.
CH2 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
CH2 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with
his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for
they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
CH2 27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into
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