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: seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the
corn.
DEU 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God
with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt
give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed
thee:
DEU 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy
son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the
Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless,
and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God
hath chosen to place his name there.
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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: JOS 18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye
slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath
given you?
JOS 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will
send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it
according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
JOS 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide
in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in
their coasts on the north.
JOS 18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and
bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here
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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: CO1 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
CO1 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and
will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
CO1 1:20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer
of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
CO1 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew
not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them
that believe.
CO1 1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
CO1 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
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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: and brought gifts.
CH1 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
CH1 18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all
the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
CH1 18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
CH1 18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians
became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved
David whithersoever he went.
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