| 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: many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
NEH 5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
NEH 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the
king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
NEH 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children
as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our
daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto
bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other
men have our lands and vineyards.
NEH 5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
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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: GEN 35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
GEN 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher:
these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
GEN 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the
city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
GEN 35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
GEN 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto
his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob
buried him.
GEN 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
GEN 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the
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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: is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
EXO 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from
twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
EXO 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give
less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to
make an atonement for your souls.
EXO 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of
Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel
before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
EXO 30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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: Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian
woman.
NUM 12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath
he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
NUM 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were
upon the face of the earth.)
NUM 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and
unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation.
And they three came out.
NUM 12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood
in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they
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