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: From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
MAR 11:32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all
men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
MAR 11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority
I do these things.
MAR 12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man
planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for
the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went
into a far country.
MAR 12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he
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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: immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
MAR 4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no
root, it withered away.
MAR 4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked
it, and it yielded no fruit.
MAR 4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang
up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and
some an hundred.
MAR 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
MAR 4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the
twelve asked of him the parable.
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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: your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all
Israel went to their tents.
CH2 10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
CH2 10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute;
and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But
king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to
Jerusalem.
CH2 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
CH2 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the
house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen
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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: that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
GEN 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant,
which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth.
GEN 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,
and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
GEN 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole
earth overspread.
GEN 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
GEN 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was
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