| 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: EST 8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So
Esther arose, and stood before the king,
EST 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in
his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which
are in all the king's provinces:
EST 8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my
people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
EST 8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to
Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, 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: JER 51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still:
remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
JER 51:51 We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath
covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the
LORD's house.
JER 51:52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded
shall groan.
JER 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she
should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers
come unto her, saith the LORD.
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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: themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for
with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey
him.
MAR 1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the
region round about Galilee.
MAR 1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they
entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
MAR 1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they
tell him of her.
MAR 1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and
immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
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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: bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from
corruption, O LORD my God.
JON 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my
prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
JON 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
JON 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
JON 2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah
upon the dry land.
JON 3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time,
saying,
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