| 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: ISA 40:27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is
hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
ISA 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the
everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his
understanding.
ISA 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might
he increaseth strength.
ISA 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men
shall utterly fall:
ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
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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: when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
LUK 18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in
themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
LUK 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,
and the other a publican.
LUK 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank
thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even as this publican.
LUK 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I
possess.
LUK 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so
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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: PRO 31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son
of my vows?
PRO 31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which
destroyeth kings.
PRO 31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink
wine; nor for princes strong drink:
PRO 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment
of any of the afflicted.
PRO 31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine
unto those that be of heavy hearts.
PRO 31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery
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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: shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes,
and will they not stone us?
EXO 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and
sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
EXO 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to
the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away:
intreat for me.
EXO 8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat
the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the
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