| 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: MAT 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord,
thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other
talents beside them.
MAT 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
MAT 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said,
Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not
sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
MAT 25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth:
lo, there thou hast that is thine.
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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: the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon
princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
ISA 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and
beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that
sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that
heareth your words.
ISA 41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will
give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
ISA 41:28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and
there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a
word.
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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: 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
upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners
thereof.
EXO 27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath,
that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
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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: wheat, and went his way.
MAT 13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
then appeared the tares also.
MAT 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it
tares?
MAT 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said
unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
MAT 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root
up also the wheat with them.
MAT 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
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