| 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: forth: there will I give thee my loves.
SON 7:13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of
pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my
beloved.
SON 8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my
mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I
should not be despised.
SON 8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who
would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the
juice of my pomegranate.
SON 8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand
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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: half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and
a cubit and a half the height of it:
EXO 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made
a crown of gold to it round about.
EXO 37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four
corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings
upon the other side of it.
EXO 37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with
gold.
EXO 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark,
to bear the ark.
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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: JER 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see
now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a
man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;
and I will pardon it.
JER 5:2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear
falsely.
JER 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken
them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have
refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a
rock; they have refused to return.
JER 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for
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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: CO1 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and
drink; for to morrow we die.
CO1 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
CO1 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the
knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
CO1 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with
what body do they come?
CO1 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it
die:
CO1 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that
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