| 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: DEU 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her,
saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of
my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the
elders of the city.
DEU 22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise
him;
DEU 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver,
and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up
an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may
not put her away all his days.
DEU 22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not
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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: KI1 18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the
prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by
fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
KI1 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is
here: and he shall slay me.
KI1 18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
KI1 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to
meet Elijah.
KI1 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said
unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
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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: the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
JOH 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
JOH 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and
every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth
more fruit.
JOH 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
you.
JOH 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in
me.
JOH 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, 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: day.
JOS 23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto
this day.
JOS 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God,
he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
JOS 23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the
LORD your God.
JOS 23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the
remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall
make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
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