| 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: JOH 18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood
by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the
high priest so?
JOH 18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of
the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
JOH 18:24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
JOH 18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore
unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and
said, I am not.
JOH 18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman
whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with
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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: down from the hill, much people met him.
LUK 9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I
beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
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
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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: my country.
GEN 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served
thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
GEN 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour
in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD
hath blessed me for thy sake.
GEN 30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
GEN 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee,
and how thy cattle was with me.
GEN 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is
now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my
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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 trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble
yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
JER 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will
bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
JER 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land
desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
JER 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the
fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
JER 4:9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the
heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the
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