| 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: EXO 30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye
make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it
shall be holy unto you.
EXO 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any
of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
EXO 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices,
stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure
frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
EXO 30:35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art
of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
EXO 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it
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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: knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
KI1 9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four
hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
KI1 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard
questions.
KI1 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels
that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she
was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
KI1 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any
thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
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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: incense went up.
EZE 8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the
ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the
chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD
hath forsaken the earth.
EZE 8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations that they do.
EZE 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house
which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for
Tammuz.
EZE 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn
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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: thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
KI1 18:10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom,
whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is
not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found
thee not.
KI1 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
here.
KI1 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee,
that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so
when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:
but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
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