| 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 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the
which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the
world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
ACT 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that
Jesus began both to do and teach,
ACT 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through
the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had
chosen:
ACT 1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many
infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the
things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
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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: tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
MAT 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before
the time?
MAT 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine
feeding.
MAT 8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out,
suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
MAT 8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they
went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran
violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
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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: love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast
cast all my sins behind thy back.
ISA 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate
thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
ISA 38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this
day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
ISA 38:20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my
songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house
of the LORD.
ISA 38:21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it
for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
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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: thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
PSA 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like
a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
PSA 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,
and come and save us.
PSA 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
PSA 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the
prayer of thy people?
PSA 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them
tears to drink in great measure.
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