| 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: to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to
possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
DEU 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations
which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and
upon the hills, and under every green tree:
DEU 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars,
and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images
of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
DEU 12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
DEU 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of
all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye
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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: filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the
apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
CH2 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened
himself against Israel.
CH2 17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and
set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which
Asa his father had taken.
CH2 17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the
first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
CH2 17:4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
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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: and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had told him.
GEN 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the
place afar off.
GEN 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the
ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to
you.
GEN 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it
upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and
they went both of them together.
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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: EXO 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows
of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:
this shall be the first row.
EXO 28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond.
EXO 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
EXO 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they
shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
EXO 28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of
Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a
signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve
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