| 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 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou
sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen
my gods?
GEN 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid:
for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from
me.
GEN 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live:
before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to
thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
GEN 31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and
into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went 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: seed into the ground;
MAR 4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
MAR 4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the
blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
MAR 4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in
the sickle, because the harvest is come.
MAR 4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or
with what comparison shall we compare it?
MAR 4:31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in
the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
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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: SA1 23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled
to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
SA1 23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul
said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by
entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
SA1 23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to
Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
SA1 23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against
him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
SA1 23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath
certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city
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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: the LORD in the land of the living.
PSA 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
PSA 28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me:
lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the
pit.
PSA 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when
I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
PSA 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of
iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in
their hearts.
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