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: EZE 35:5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the
blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of
their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
EZE 35:6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee
unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood,
even blood shall pursue thee.
EZE 35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it
him that passeth out and him that returneth.
EZE 35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy
hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that
are slain with the sword.
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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: wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
LEV 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands,
and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
LEV 8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on
the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet
savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering
before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which
was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments,
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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: compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
EXO 38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of
brass, to be places for the staves.
EXO 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
brass.
EXO 38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the
altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
EXO 38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass,
of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
EXO 38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the
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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 25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to
Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take
thee to him to wife.
SA1 25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth,
and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of
the servants of my lord.
SA1 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five
damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers
of David, and became his wife.
SA1 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both
of them his wives.
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