| 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: ECC 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is
common among men:
ECC 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so
that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God
giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is
vanity, and it is an evil disease.
ECC 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so
that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with
good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is
better than he.
ECC 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and
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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: sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
ISA 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but
my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my
peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
ISA 54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations
with sapphires.
ISA 54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of
carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
ISA 54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great
shall be the peace of thy children.
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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: James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here
with us? And they were offended at him.
MAR 6:4 But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but
in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
MAR 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his
hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
MAR 6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round
about the villages, teaching.
MAR 6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth
by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
MAR 6:8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their
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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: arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according
to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
JER 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed
against me, saith the LORD.
JER 2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no
correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a
destroying lion.
JER 2:31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a
wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We
are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
JER 2:32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my
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