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: JOB 3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find
the grave?
JOB 3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God
hath hedged in?
JOB 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured
out like the waters.
JOB 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that
which I was afraid of is come unto me.
JOB 3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet;
yet trouble came.
JOB 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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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: gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the
king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with
the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused
the gallows to be made.
EST 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to
bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before
the king.
EST 6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana
and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who
sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
EST 6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to
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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: offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of
him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and
upon the great toe of his right foot:
LEV 14:15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it
into the palm of his own left hand:
LEV 14:16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is
in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven
times before the LORD:
LEV 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the
priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed,
and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his
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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: thing superfluous,
LEV 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
LEV 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye,
or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
LEV 21:21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest
shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath
a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
LEV 21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and
of the holy.
LEV 21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the
altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries:
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