| 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: SA1 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the
men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why
camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in
the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart;
for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
SA1 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
SA1 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the
same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
SA1 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they
rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
SA1 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of
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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: ISA 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their
eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
ISA 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall
not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
ISA 13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they
shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare
children.
ISA 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the
Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
ISA 13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in
from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent
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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: JOH 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have
known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
JOH 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:
that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in
them.
JOH 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his
disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he
entered, and his disciples.
JOH 18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus
ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
JOH 18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from
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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: alienated from her sister.
EZE 23:19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance
the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of
Egypt.
EZE 23:20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the
flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
EZE 23:21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth,
in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
EZE 23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated,
and I will bring them against thee on every side;
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