| 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: Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city
full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth,
and the LORD seeth not.
EZE 9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
EZE 9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn
by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast
commanded me.
EZE 10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above
the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire
stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
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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: KI1 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah
is here.
KI1 18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver
thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
KI1 18:10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom,
whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is
not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found
thee not.
KI1 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
here.
KI1 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee,
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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: upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood
beside the bottom of the altar.
EXO 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards,
and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat
that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
EXO 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung,
shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
EXO 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall
put their hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood,
and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
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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: LUK 9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and
it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth
from him.
LUK 9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could
not.
LUK 9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
LUK 9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare
him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and
delivered him again to his father.
LUK 9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while
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