| 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: graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
EXO 39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they
should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
EXO 39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of
the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen.
EXO 39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span
was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
EXO 39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a
sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
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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: David his servant from the hurtful sword.
PSA 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,
whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
PSA 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that
our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of
a palace:
PSA 144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store:
that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our
streets:
PSA 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no
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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: of the men of the city come out to draw water:
GEN 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that
thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that
thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
GEN 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the
wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
GEN 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither
had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her
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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: EZE 39:8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this
is the day whereof I have spoken.
EZE 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth,
and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the
bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears,
and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
EZE 39:10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut
down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire:
and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed
them, saith the Lord GOD.
EZE 39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto
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