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: all, and followed him.
LUK 5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a
man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought
him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
LUK 5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be
thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
LUK 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to
the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them.
LUK 5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and
great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their
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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: JOE 1:3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their
children, and their children another generation.
JOE 1:4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and
that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that
which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
JOE 1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of
wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
JOE 1:6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without
number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth
of a great lion.
JOE 1:7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath
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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: joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
PSA 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue
cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
PSA 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
PSA 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
PSA 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
PSA 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste
thee to help me.
PSA 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of
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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: of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and
sowed in his field:
MAT 13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown,
it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds
of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
MAT 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is
like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.
MAT 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables;
and without a parable spake he not unto them:
MAT 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
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