| 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: GEN 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
GEN 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
slay his son.
GEN 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
GEN 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou
any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou
hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
GEN 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind
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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: PSA 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall
he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
PSA 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
against the stones.
PSA 138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will
I sing praise unto thee.
PSA 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name
for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy
word above all thy name.
PSA 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
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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: they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to
suffer them.
EST 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be
destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of
those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's
treasuries.
EST 3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
EST 3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the
people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
EST 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day 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: the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both
the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
DAN 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days;
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
DAN 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the
vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me
as the appearance of a man.
DAN 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which
called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
DAN 8:17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid,
and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man:
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