| 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: LUK 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and
he was a good man, and a just:
LUK 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;)
he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for
the kingdom of God.
LUK 23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
LUK 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in
a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
LUK 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
LUK 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee,
followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
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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: CH2 23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at
the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all
the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the
singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise.
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
CH2 23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds
that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the
ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For
the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
CH2 23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the
entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
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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: ZEP 3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and
to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
ZEP 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save,
he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will
joy over thee with singing.
ZEP 3:18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly,
who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
ZEP 3:19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I
will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I
will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to
shame.
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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 21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to
play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
SA1 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave
Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they
went down thither to him.
SA1 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in
debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him;
and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four
hundred men.
SA1 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the
king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and
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