| 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: CH2 16:3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my
father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go,
break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
CH2 16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of
his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
CH2 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off
building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
CH2 16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the
stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building;
and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
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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: bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning
fiery furnace.
DAN 3:21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and
their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of
the burning fiery furnace.
DAN 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took
up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
DAN 3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell
down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
DAN 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in
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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: alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to
nought:
ACT 5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be
found even to fight against God.
ACT 5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles,
and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name
of Jesus, and let them go.
ACT 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
ACT 5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not
to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
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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 concerning Judah.
JER 30:5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling,
of fear, and not of peace.
JER 30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in
travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
JER 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
JER 30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of
hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy
bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
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