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: LEV 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a
wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones:
their blood shall be upon them.
LEV 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons
of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead
among his people:
LEV 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his
mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and
for his brother.
LEV 21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath
had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
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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: covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house
with planks of fir.
KI1 6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the
floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it
within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
KI1 6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits
long.
KI1 6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and
open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
KI1 6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there
the ark of the covenant of 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: work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his
bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
EXO 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three
branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of
the candlestick out of the other side:
EXO 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower
in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch,
with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the
candlestick.
EXO 25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto
almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
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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: and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
SA1 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I
will even do it for thee.
SA1 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new
moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go,
that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
SA1 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked
leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a
yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
SA1 20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but
if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
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