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: will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will
rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out
arm, and with great judgments:
EXO 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a
God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
EXO 6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I
did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give
it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
EXO 6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they
hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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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: KI1 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
KI1 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for
riches and for wisdom.
KI1 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
KI1 10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
KI1 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he
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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: into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us.
LUK 2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.
LUK 2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying
which was told them concerning this child.
LUK 2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were
told them by the shepherds.
LUK 2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her
heart.
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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: bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
EZE 22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth
blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols
against herself to defile herself.
EZE 22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and
hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast
caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years:
therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to
all countries.
EZE 22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall
mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
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