| 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: DEU 26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian
ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty,
and populous:
DEU 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and
laid upon us hard bondage:
DEU 26:7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD
heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our
oppression:
DEU 26:8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with
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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: that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
MAR 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their
hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
MAR 7:4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat
not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold,
as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
MAR 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy
disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with
unwashen hands?
MAR 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of
you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their
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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: over Jordan.
NUM 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
NUM 32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of
Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
NUM 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to
see the land.
NUM 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
NUM 32:10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,
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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: half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
EXO 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience
of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do,
and be obedient.
EXO 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and
said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with
you concerning all these words.
EXO 24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
of the elders of Israel:
EXO 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet
as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of
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