| 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: LUK 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in
the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the
sea and the waves roaring;
LUK 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after
those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken.
LUK 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory.
LUK 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
LUK 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all
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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: now when ye are in distress?
JDG 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn
again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the
children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
JDG 11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me
home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver
them before me, shall I be your head?
JDG 11:10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be
witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
JDG 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words
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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: unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
NUM 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
NUM 32:13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made
them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation,
that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
NUM 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an
increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD
toward Israel.
NUM 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave
them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
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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: KI1 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD
came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab;
and I will send rain upon the earth.
KI1 18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria.
KI1 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.
(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
KI1 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD,
that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave,
and fed them with bread and water.)
KI1 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all
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