| 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: KI1 20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard
that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray
thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out
to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
KI1 20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on
their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant
Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive?
he is my brother.
KI1 20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would
come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother
Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to
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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: more.
SA1 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou,
and all thy father's house.
SA1 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him,
Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with
David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me.
But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon
the priests of the LORD.
SA1 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the
priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and
slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
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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: feared.
PSA 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I
hope.
PSA 130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for
the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
PSA 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is
mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
PSA 130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
PSA 131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither
do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
PSA 131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is
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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: NUM 26:31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem,
the family of the Shechemites:
NUM 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher,
the family of the Hepherites.
NUM 26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters:
and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
NUM 26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were
numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
NUM 26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of
Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the
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