| 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: ISA 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me,
that we may be like?
ISA 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the
balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down,
yea, they worship.
ISA 46:7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him
in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea,
one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his
trouble.
ISA 46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to
mind, O ye transgressors.
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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: heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of
Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
EXO 14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the
sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen.
EXO 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of
the sea.
EXO 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the
horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them;
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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: carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them
with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
KI1 6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive
tree, a fourth part of the wall.
KI1 6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one
door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
KI1 6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
KI1 6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone,
and a row of cedar beams.
KI1 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD
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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: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
JOB 20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury
of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
JOB 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel
shall strike him through.
JOB 20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering
sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
JOB 20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not
blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his
tabernacle.
JOB 20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall
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