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: PSA 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose
spirit was not stedfast with God.
PSA 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.
PSA 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his
law;
PSA 78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed
them.
PSA 78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in
the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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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: we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the
face of the earth.
EXO 33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that
thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee
by name.
EXO 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
EXO 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee,
and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will
shew mercy.
EXO 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no
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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 God might manifest them, and that they might see that they
themselves are beasts.
ECC 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts;
even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other;
yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a
beast: for all is vanity.
ECC 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to
dust again.
ECC 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the
spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
ECC 3:22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a
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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 all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean
to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
KI1 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns
of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained
the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with
walls and brasen bars:
KI1 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
KI1 4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
KI1 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
KI1 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
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