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: sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
GEN 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and
thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
GEN 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
GEN 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the
mother of all living.
GEN 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed them.
GEN 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,
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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: at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
SA2 10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children
of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
SA2 10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort
him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants
came into the land of the children of Ammon.
SA2 10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their
lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee,
to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
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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: they shall wisely consider of his doing.
PSA 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in
him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
PSA 65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall
the vow be performed.
PSA 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
PSA 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou
shalt purge them away.
PSA 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach
unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with
the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
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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 circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
GAL 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas
the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and
they unto the circumcision.
GAL 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same
which I also was forward to do.
GAL 2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the
face, because he was to be blamed.
GAL 2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the
Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,
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