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: NUM 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family
of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
NUM 3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary.
NUM 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of
the tabernacle southward.
NUM 3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of
the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
NUM 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the
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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: KI1 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out
of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all
people:
KI1 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the
LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
KI1 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God,
who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken
hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
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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: JER 40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
JER 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the
fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto
him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them
that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
JER 40:8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the
son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah
the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
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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: son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the
house of God.
NEH 11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a
certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
NEH 11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of
Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning
the people.
NEH 11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children
of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at
Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the
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