| 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: EST 7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the
banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be
granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even
to the half of the kingdom.
EST 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour
in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me
at my petition, and my people at my request:
EST 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,
and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had
held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's
damage.
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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: bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
JER 15:6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:
therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I
am weary with repenting.
JER 15:7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I
will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they
return not from their ways.
JER 15:8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I
have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at
noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon
the city.
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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: EZE 24:3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour
water into it:
EZE 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the
thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
EZE 24:5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under
it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.
EZE 24:6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to
the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it!
bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
EZE 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top
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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: LUK 9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and
it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth
from him.
LUK 9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could
not.
LUK 9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
LUK 9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare
him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and
delivered him again to his father.
LUK 9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while
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