| 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: them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and
Moses was wroth with them.
EXO 16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to
his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
EXO 16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered
twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses.
EXO 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said,
To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which
ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which
remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
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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: the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat
and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
KI1 1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
KI1 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not
shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the
king after him?
KI1 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she
came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
KI1 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath
redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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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: shall ye eat.
LEV 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the
rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is
in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
LEV 11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat
of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
LEV 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall
be an abomination unto you.
LEV 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among
the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,
and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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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: burning fire.
PRO 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief
friends.
PRO 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into
the way that is not good.
PRO 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his
lips he bringeth evil to pass.
PRO 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way
of righteousness.
PRO 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he
that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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