| 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: RTH 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah
kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
RTH 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her
people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
RTH 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my
God:
RTH 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the
LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
RTH 1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her,
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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: waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink
the waters of the river?
JER 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings
shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and
bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is
not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
JER 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands;
and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and
under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
JER 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how
then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto
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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: shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he
that curseth thee.
NUM 24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote
his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse
mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three
times.
NUM 24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote
thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from
honour.
NUM 24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy
messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
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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: EXO 18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had
done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
EXO 18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you
out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who
hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
EXO 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the
thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
EXO 18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and
sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat
bread with Moses' father in law before God.
EXO 18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge
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