| 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: JOB 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one
fashion us in the womb?
JOB 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused
the eyes of the widow to fail;
JOB 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath
not eaten thereof;
JOB 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a
father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
JOB 31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor
without covering;
JOB 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed
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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: JOH 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and
whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
JOH 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with
them when Jesus came.
JOH 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the
LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust
my hand into his side, I will not believe.
JOH 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and
Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
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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: brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
MAR 9:18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth,
and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy
disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
MAR 9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long
shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
MAR 9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him,
straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed
foaming.
MAR 9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came
unto him? And he said, Of a child.
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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: were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
EXO 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him
sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and
he shall go out by himself.
EXO 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my
wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
EXO 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also
bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore
his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
EXO 21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall
not go out as the menservants do.
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