| 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: asking them questions.
LUK 2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding
and answers.
LUK 2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said
unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and
I have sought thee sorrowing.
LUK 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye
not that I must be about my Father's business?
LUK 2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
LUK 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was
subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
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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: JOH 13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that
the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted
up his heel against me.
JOH 13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass,
ye may believe that I am he.
JOH 13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever
I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent
me.
JOH 13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and
testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.
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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 thus upon thy face?
JOS 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my
covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the
accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have
put it even among their own stuff.
JOS 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their
enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were
accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the
accursed from among you.
JOS 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against
to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed
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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: palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side:
and the going up to it had eight steps.
EZE 40:35 And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it
according to these measures;
EZE 40:36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the
arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty
cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
EZE 40:37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm
trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and
the going up to it had eight steps.
EZE 40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of
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