| 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: EXO 5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
EXO 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have
ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as
heretofore?
EXO 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried
unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
EXO 5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us,
Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in
thine own people.
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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: God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house
of bondage;
DEU 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness,
wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was
no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
DEU 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers
knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do
thee good at thy latter end;
DEU 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine
hand hath gotten me this wealth.
DEU 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that
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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: thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that
thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
NUM 11:12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that
thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father
beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers?
NUM 11:13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for
they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
NUM 11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is
too heavy for me.
NUM 11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of
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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: PSA 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the
sacrifices of the dead.
PSA 106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and
the plague brake in upon them.
PSA 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the
plague was stayed.
PSA 106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all
generations for evermore.
PSA 106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it
went ill with Moses for their sakes:
PSA 106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
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