| 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: SA2 19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live,
that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
SA2 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between
good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I
hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then
should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
SA2 19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king:
and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
SA2 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die
in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my
mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the
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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: Sadducees.
MAT 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he
asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
MAT 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some,
Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
MAT 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
MAT 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.
MAT 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon
Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven.
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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: thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury
upon Jerusalem?
EZE 9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and
Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city
full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth,
and the LORD seeth not.
EZE 9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
EZE 9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn
by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast
commanded me.
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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: ACT 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence
unto the Gentiles.
ACT 22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up
their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it
is not fit that he should live.
ACT 22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw
dust into the air,
ACT 22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the
castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might
know wherefore they cried so against him.
ACT 22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the
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