| 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: against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the
wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
NEH 12:39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate,
and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of
Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
NEH 12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the
house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
NEH 12:41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah,
Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
NEH 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud,
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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: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee.
GEN 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to
Laban my brother to Haran;
GEN 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn
away;
GEN 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget
that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
GEN 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of
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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: to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
PSA 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into
thy righteousness.
PSA 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
PSA 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me
up on high.
PSA 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify
him with thanksgiving.
PSA 69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock
that hath horns and hoofs.
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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: nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
EXO 28:43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they
come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near
unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not
iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed
after him.
EXO 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow
them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young
bullock, and two rams without blemish,
EXO 29:2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil,
and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou
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