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: JOS 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants
are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the
fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
JOS 9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that
were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan,
which was at Ashtaroth.
JOS 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country
spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to
meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make
ye a league with us.
JOS 9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses
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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: NUM 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the
candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith
they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
NUM 3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over
the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the
charge of the sanctuary.
NUM 3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of
the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
NUM 3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number
of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two
hundred.
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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: JER 10:18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the
inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they
may find it so.
JER 10:19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said,
Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
JER 10:20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my
children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to
stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
JER 10:21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the
LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be
scattered.
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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: which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth.
GEN 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,
and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
GEN 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole
earth overspread.
GEN 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
GEN 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was
uncovered within his tent.
GEN 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his
father, and told his two brethren without.
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