| 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: LUK 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
LUK 18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
LUK 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are
possible with God.
LUK 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
LUK 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man
that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for
the kingdom of God's sake,
LUK 18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and
in the world to come life everlasting.
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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: offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he
was an angel of the LORD.
JDG 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,
that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
JDG 13:18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus
after my name, seeing it is secret?
JDG 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it
upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and
his wife looked on.
JDG 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven
from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of
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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: CH1 29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build
thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine
own.
CH1 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast
pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I
have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy
thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
CH1 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of
thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
CH1 29:19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
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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: pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters
which were upon the pillars.
CH2 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
CH2 4:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
CH2 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the
house of the LORD of bright brass.
CH2 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
CH2 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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