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 know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take
also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
GEN 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken.
GEN 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the
garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to
keep the way of the tree of life.
GEN 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,
and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
GEN 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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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: son: for he was at the point of death.
JOH 4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye
will not believe.
JOH 4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
JOH 4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man
believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
JOH 4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told
him, saying, Thy son liveth.
JOH 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And
they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
JOH 4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which
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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: of heart and bitter wailing.
EZE 27:32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for
thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the
destroyed in the midst of the sea?
EZE 27:33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many
people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of
thy riches and of thy merchandise.
EZE 27:34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the
depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of
thee shall fall.
EZE 27:35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee,
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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: KI1 22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
KI1 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I
hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
KI1 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten
hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
KI1 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the
entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before
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