| 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: princes eat in the morning!
ECC 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles,
and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for
drunkenness!
ECC 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through
idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
ECC 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but
money answereth all things.
ECC 10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the
rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and
that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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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: thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
EXO 27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits
long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the
height thereof shall be three cubits.
EXO 27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners
thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with
brass.
EXO 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his
shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the
vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
EXO 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and
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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: feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
GEN 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
GEN 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath
taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's
hath he gotten all this glory.
GEN 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was
not toward him as before.
GEN 31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
GEN 31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto
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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: SA1 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of
Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and
they came all of them to the king.
SA1 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered,
Here I am, my lord.
SA1 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me,
thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a
sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me,
to lie in wait, as at this day?
SA1 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so
faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in
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