| 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: ECC 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this,
that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of
God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
ECC 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the
righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the
unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is
the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an
oath.
ECC 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun,
that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men
is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and
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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: made an end of dividing the country.
JOS 20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
JOS 20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
JOS 20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and
unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the
avenger of blood.
JOS 20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall
stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his
cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into
the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
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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: NUM 21:15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the
dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
NUM 21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof
the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give
them water.
NUM 21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto
it:
NUM 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged
it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the
wilderness they went to Mattanah:
NUM 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
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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: before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go,
thither go.
JER 40:5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon
hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among
the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So
the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
JER 40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
JER 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the
fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made
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