| 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: Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and
near friends.
ACT 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down
at his feet, and worshipped him.
ACT 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a
man.
ACT 10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that
were come together.
ACT 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful
thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of
another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man
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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: Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest
abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me,
The word that I have heard is good.
KI1 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the
commandment that I have charged thee with?
KI1 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the
wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my
father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own
head;
KI1 2:45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David
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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: fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to
die than to live.
JON 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the
gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
JON 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the
which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a
night, and perished in a night:
JON 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are
more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their
right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? MIC 1:1 The word
of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham,
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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: crooked.
LAM 3:10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in
secret places.
LAM 3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath
made me desolate.
LAM 3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
LAM 3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my
reins.
LAM 3:14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
LAM 3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken
with wormwood.
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