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: the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
DAN 5:14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in
thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in
thee.
DAN 5:15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in
before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me
the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation
of the thing:
DAN 5:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make
interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the
writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be
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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: Phaseah,
NEH 7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
NEH 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children
of Harhur,
NEH 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children
of Harsha,
NEH 7:55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children
of Tamah,
NEH 7:56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
NEH 7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
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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: ACT 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God
did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
ACT 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified
and slain:
ACT 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:
because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
ACT 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always
before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
ACT 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
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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: his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which
are in all the king's provinces:
EST 8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my
people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
EST 8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to
Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and
him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the
Jews.
EST 8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's
name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written
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