| 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: come before him.
JOB 13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
JOB 13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be
justified.
JOB 13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my
tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
JOB 13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself
from thee.
JOB 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make
me afraid.
JOB 13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and
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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: MAR 7:14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto
them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
MAR 7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him
can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they
that defile the man.
MAR 7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
MAR 7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his
disciples asked him concerning the parable.
MAR 7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also?
Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the
man, it cannot defile him;
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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: our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother?
and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we
certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
GEN 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me,
and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and
thou, and also our little ones.
GEN 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him:
if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear
the blame for ever:
GEN 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
second time.
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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: fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
EST 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went
out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater
and greater.
EST 9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the
sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto
those that hated them.
EST 9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five
hundred men.
EST 9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
EST 9:8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
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