| 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: pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other
chapiter.
KI1 7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he
set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set
up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
KI1 7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work
of the pillars finished.
KI1 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the
other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a
line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
KI1 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops
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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: Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and
their prophets.
JER 2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou
hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not
their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and
save us.
JER 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them
arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according
to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
JER 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed
against me, saith the LORD.
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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: household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera
fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
SA2 19:19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto
me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the
day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should
take it to his heart.
SA2 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore,
behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go
down to meet my lord the king.
SA2 19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not
Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
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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: altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
EXO 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die
not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his
seed throughout their generations.
EXO 30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five
hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred
and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
EXO 30:24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
EXO 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment
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