| 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: declare his works with rejoicing.
PSA 107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in
great waters;
PSA 107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the
deep.
PSA 107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which
lifteth up the waves thereof.
PSA 107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the
depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
PSA 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and
are at their wit's end.
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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: ROM 7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be
unto death.
ROM 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and
by it slew me.
ROM 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just,
and good.
ROM 7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid.
But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is
good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
ROM 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold
under sin.
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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: JOB 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote
Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
JOB 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat
down among the ashes.
JOB 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine
integrity? curse God, and die.
JOB 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish
women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and
shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
JOB 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was
come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the
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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: LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth
the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy
days.
SA1 25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but
the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD
thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out
of the middle of a sling.
SA1 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to
my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,
and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
SA1 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart
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