| 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: thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
KI1 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have
set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
KI1 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out
of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all
people:
KI1 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the
LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
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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: EXO 39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron,
and for his sons,
EXO 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen,
and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
EXO 39:29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and
scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and
wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO
THE LORD.
EXO 39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high
upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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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: and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in
of the tabernacle,
EXO 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his
staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
EXO 35:17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets,
and the hanging for the door of the court,
EXO 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and
their cords,
EXO 35:19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the
holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to
minister in the priest's office.
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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: AMO 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that
dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall
be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
AMO 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that
I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in
the clear day:
AMO 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs
into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only
son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
AMO 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a
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