| 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: May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
ACT 17:20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we
would know therefore what these things mean.
ACT 17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent
their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new
thing.)
ACT 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men
of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
ACT 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an
altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye
ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
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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: it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
ECC 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there
be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come
after.
ECC 1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
ECC 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom
concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath
God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
ECC 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECC 1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that 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: ACT 21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs,
and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a
great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
ACT 22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make
now unto you.
ACT 22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to
them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
ACT 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in
Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught
according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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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: the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in
the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
JDG 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came
up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up
against them;
JDG 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of
the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel,
neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
JDG 6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they
came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were
without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
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