| 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: governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the
LORD of hosts.
MAL 1:9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto
us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the
LORD of hosts.
MAL 1:10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for
nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no
pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an
offering at your hand.
MAL 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the
same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place
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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: GEN 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual generations:
GEN 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
GEN 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the
earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
GEN 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh.
GEN 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it,
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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: seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen
without: and there they are unto this day.
KI1 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone,
which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the
children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
KI1 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the
holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
KI1 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
KI1 8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
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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: CO1 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were
overthrown in the wilderness.
CO1 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should
not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
CO1 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is
written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
CO1 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
CO1 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and
were destroyed of serpents.
CO1 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were
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