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: Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the
prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
JER 7:26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but
hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
JER 7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they
will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will
not answer thee.
JER 7:28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth
not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is
perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
JER 7:29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up
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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: rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
MAT 5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first
be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
MAT 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way
with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and
the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
MAT 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out
thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
MAT 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt
not commit adultery:
MAT 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
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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: NUM 11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God
that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put
his spirit upon them!
NUM 11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
NUM 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails
from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey
on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round
about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the
earth.
NUM 11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and
all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least
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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: thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt
lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
EZE 4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty
shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
EZE 4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an
hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
EZE 4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it
with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
EZE 4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat
their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
EZE 4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been
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