| 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: PSA 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well
nigh slipped.
PSA 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of
the wicked.
PSA 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is
firm.
PSA 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued
like other men.
PSA 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence
covereth them as a garment.
PSA 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than 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: ECC 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the
house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will
lay it to his heart.
ECC 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
ECC 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the
heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
ECC 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
ECC 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter
of the fool: this also is vanity.
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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: Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee
away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him
away.
KI1 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
refused to smite him.
KI1 20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice
of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall
slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him,
and slew him.
KI1 20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee.
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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: the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of
war.
JDG 18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved
image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the
priest unto them, What do ye?
JDG 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon
thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it
better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou
be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
JDG 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and
the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
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