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: EXO 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife,
after he had sent her back,
EXO 18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom;
for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
EXO 18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my
father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of
Pharaoh:
EXO 18:5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his
wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of
God:
EXO 18:6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come
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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: ISA 30:8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a
book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
ISA 30:9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children
that will not hear the law of the LORD:
ISA 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets,
Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy
deceits:
ISA 30:11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the
Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
ISA 30:12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye
despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay
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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: JER 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth
and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness,
judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I
delight, saith the LORD.
JER 9:25 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all
them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
JER 9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and
Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the
wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house
of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
JER 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of
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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: EZE 14:18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord
GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall
be delivered themselves.
EZE 14:19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my
fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
EZE 14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the
Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but
deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
EZE 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my
four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the
noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
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