| 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: disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and
certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and
elders about this question.
ACT 15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed
through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles:
and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
ACT 15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of
the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things
that God had done with them.
ACT 15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which
believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command
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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: so they sufficed them not.
JDG 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the
LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
JDG 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for
wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of
Benjamin?
JDG 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be
escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
JDG 21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the
children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife
to Benjamin.
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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: that it is good.
ROM 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
me.
ROM 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good
thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is
good I find not.
ROM 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would
not, that I do.
ROM 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but
sin that dwelleth in me.
ROM 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present
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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: and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon
their breasts.
NAH 2:8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee
away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
NAH 2:9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there
is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
NAH 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and
the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces
of them all gather blackness.
NAH 2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of
the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the
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