| 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: 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
him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
KI1 20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took
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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: the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
MAT 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered
him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
MAT 27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was
condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders,
MAT 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent
blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
MAT 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself.
MAT 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is
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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: even to the dust.
ISA 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and
the steps of the needy.
ISA 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the just.
ISA 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for
thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of
thee.
ISA 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my
spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in
the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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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: his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
DEU 22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the
man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her
shall die.
DEU 22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the
damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his
neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
DEU 22:27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel
cried, and there was none to save her.
DEU 22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not
betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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