| 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: LUK 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up
for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
LUK 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided?
LUK 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich
toward God.
LUK 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body,
what ye shall put on.
LUK 12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than
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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: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and
an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,
foursquare, not round.
KI1 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of
the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a
cubit and half a cubit.
KI1 7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot
wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their
spokes, were all molten.
KI1 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one
base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
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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: convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
NUM 28:27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto
the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
NUM 28:28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
NUM 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven
lambs;
NUM 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
NUM 28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and
his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their
drink offerings.
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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: TH1 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we
should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
TH1 3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know
your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our
labour be in vain.
TH1 3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us
good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good
remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see
you:
TH1 3:7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our
affliction and distress by your faith:
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