| 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: Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's
teeth are set on edge?
EZE 18:3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any
more to use this proverb in Israel.
EZE 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also
the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
EZE 18:5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
EZE 18:6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up
his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his
neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
EZE 18:7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor
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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: he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
GEN 27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss
me, my son.
GEN 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of
his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as
the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
GEN 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness
of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
GEN 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord
over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be
every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth 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: to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from
Egypt.
SA1 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they
have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and
suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
SA1 15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in
Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
SA1 15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the
valley.
SA1 15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed
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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: SA1 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew
certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then
would not I tell it thee?
SA1 20:10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if
thy father answer thee roughly?
SA1 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into
the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
SA1 20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I
have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and,
behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee,
and shew it thee;
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