| 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: they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art
seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou
goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar
of fire by night.
NUM 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the
nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
NUM 14:16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the
land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the
wilderness.
NUM 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great,
according as thou hast spoken, saying,
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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 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto
my God while I have any being.
PSA 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.
PSA 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that
very day his thoughts perish.
PSA 146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose
hope is in the LORD his God:
PSA 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein
is: which keepeth truth for ever:
PSA 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food
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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: Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by
night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
EXO 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made
the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
EXO 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left.
EXO 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the
midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his
horsemen.
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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: be cooks, and to be bakers.
SA1 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
SA1 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
SA1 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and
your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
SA1 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his
servants.
SA1 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye
shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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