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: come not at your wives.
EXO 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that
there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount,
and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that
was in the camp trembled.
EXO 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet
with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
EXO 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke
of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
EXO 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed
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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: was Joktan.
CH1 1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
CH1 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
CH1 1:22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
CH1 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of
Joktan.
CH1 1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
CH1 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
CH1 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
CH1 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.
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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: saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to
slay us and our people.
SA1 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the
Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let
it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for
there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God
was very heavy there.
SA1 5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and
the cry of the city went up to heaven.
SA1 6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines
seven months.
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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: MAT 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of
God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
MAT 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other undone.
MAT 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
MAT 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and excess.
MAT 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the
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