| 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: ACT 27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast
four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
ACT 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when
they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they
would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
ACT 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these
abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
ACT 27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her
fall off.
ACT 27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to
take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried
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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: Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
JOH 20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes
lying; yet went he not in.
JOH 20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the
sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
JOH 20:7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the
linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
JOH 20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the
sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
JOH 20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise
again from the dead.
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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: ISA 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the
faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
ISA 3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are
haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking
and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
ISA 3:17 Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the
head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret
parts.
ISA 3:18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their
tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round
tires like the moon,
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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: MAR 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken
of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that
readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the
mountains:
MAR 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the
house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
MAR 13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to
take up his garment.
MAR 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give
suck in those days!
MAR 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
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