| 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: before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give
ye me to return answer to this people?
CH2 10:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this
people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy
servants for ever.
CH2 10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and
took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that
stood before him.
CH2 10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return
answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat
the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
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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: of the pillars finished.
KI1 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the
other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a
line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
KI1 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops
compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops
were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
KI1 7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and
three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and
three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and
all their hinder parts were inward.
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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: JOH 17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and
they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from
thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
JOH 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which
thou hast given me; for they are thine.
JOH 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
glorified in them.
JOH 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the
world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name
those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
JOH 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name:
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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: GEN 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
GEN 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their
names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
GEN 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
GEN 25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
GEN 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by
their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their
nations.
GEN 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred
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