| 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: smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand
thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
NUM 22:33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times:
unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and
saved her alive.
NUM 22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned;
for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore,
if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
NUM 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:
but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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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 107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield
fruits of increase.
PSA 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
PSA 107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.
PSA 107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander
in the wilderness, where there is no way.
PSA 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh
him families like a flock.
PSA 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity
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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: leave you none to remain;
JER 44:8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands,
burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone
to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse
and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
JER 44:9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the
wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and
your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have
committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
JER 44:10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they
feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you
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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: ISA 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at
your hand, to tread my courts?
ISA 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto
me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away
with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
ISA 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they
are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
ISA 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes
from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands
are full of blood.
ISA 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings
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