| 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: for an old man in the days of Saul.
SA1 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to
the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
SA1 17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed
Saul.
SA1 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's
sheep at Bethlehem.
SA1 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and
presented himself forty days.
SA1 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren
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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: because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have
ye your heart yet hardened?
MAR 8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do
ye not remember?
MAR 8:19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many
baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
MAR 8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full
of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
MAR 8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
MAR 8:22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto
him, and besought him to touch 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: JOH 12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip
tell Jesus.
JOH 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the
Son of man should be glorified.
JOH 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall
into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth
forth much fruit.
JOH 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his
life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
JOH 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there
shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father
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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: them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
NEH 13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this
evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by
profaning the sabbath.
NEH 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began
to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be
shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath:
and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden
be brought in on the sabbath day.
NEH 13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged
without Jerusalem once or twice.
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