| 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: GEN 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she
is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto
him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
GEN 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one
of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest
have brought guiltiness upon us.
GEN 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that
toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
GEN 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year
an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
GEN 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until 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: which they could not prove.
ACT 25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the
Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I
offended any thing at all.
ACT 25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul,
and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these
things before me?
ACT 25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I
ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well
knowest.
ACT 25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy
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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: ACT 23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and
brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
ACT 23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him
to smite him on the mouth.
ACT 23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited
wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to
be smitten contrary to the law?
ACT 23:4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
ACT 23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high
priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy
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: souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing
that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
LEV 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and
have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
LEV 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a
wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones:
their blood shall be upon them.
LEV 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons
of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead
among his people:
LEV 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his
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