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: CO1 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have
long hair, it is a shame unto him?
CO1 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her
hair is given her for a covering.
CO1 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such
custom, neither the churches of God.
CO1 11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye
come together not for the better, but for the worse.
CO1 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear
that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
CO1 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which
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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: said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
JOH 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it,
he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
JOH 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was
before?
JOH 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
JOH 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew
from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should
betray him.
JOH 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come
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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: beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of
the king of Babylon.
ISA 39:8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD
which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and
truth in my days.
ISA 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
ISA 40:2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her
warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath
received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
ISA 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the
way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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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: CH1 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
CH1 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
CH1 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
Gamul,
CH1 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah.
CH1 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come
into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their
father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
CH1 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of
Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
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