| 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: two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of
them.
SA1 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do
according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will
build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
SA1 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in
thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a
morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the
priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
SA1 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And
the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open
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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: MAT 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?
And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
MAT 21:26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold
John as a prophet.
MAT 21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he
said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
MAT 21:28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to
the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
MAT 21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented,
and went.
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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: fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
GEN 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
GEN 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature
after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after
his kind: and it was so.
GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
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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: wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the
trees?
JDG 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over
us.
JDG 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my
sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
JDG 9:12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over
us.
JDG 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which
cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
JDG 9:14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign
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