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: will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
MAT 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his
soul?
MAT 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with
his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
MAT 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which
shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.
MAT 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his
brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
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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: unto the bitter in soul;
JOB 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more
than for hid treasures;
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.
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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: ACT 26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the
governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
ACT 26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between
themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
ACT 26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set
at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
ACT 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,
they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a
centurion of Augustus' band.
ACT 27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning
to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian 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: MAT 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed
Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
MAT 27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James
and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.
MAT 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea,
named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
MAT 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be delivered.
MAT 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth,
MAT 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the
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