| 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 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that
ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
GEN 24:3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
GEN 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take
a wife unto my son Isaac.
GEN 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not
be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest?
GEN 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my
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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: possesseth.
LUK 12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a
certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
LUK 12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do,
because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
LUK 12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and
build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
LUK 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up
for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
LUK 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall
be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
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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: yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die
in the battle, and another man eat of it.
DEU 20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not
taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the
battle, and another man take her.
DEU 20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they
shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him
go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as
his heart.
DEU 20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of
speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to
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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: house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
AMO 6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen?
for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness
into hemlock:
AMO 6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not
taken to us horns by our own strength?
AMO 6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of
Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from
the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
AMO 7:1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed
grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;
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