| 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: people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why
sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from
morning unto even?
EXO 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people
come unto me to enquire of God:
EXO 18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge
between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God,
and his laws.
EXO 18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou
doest is not good.
EXO 18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
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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: LEV 4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and
burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the
congregation.
LEV 4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance
against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things
which should not be done, and is guilty;
LEV 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge;
he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
LEV 4:24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill
it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it
is a sin offering.
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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: JER 3:19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give
thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I
said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
JER 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so
have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
JER 3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and
supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their
way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
JER 3:22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your
backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
JER 3:23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from
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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: as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing
before the whirlwind.
ISA 17:14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he
is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them
that rob us.
ISA 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the
rivers of Ethiopia:
ISA 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of
bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation
scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning
hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers
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