| 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: LUK 7:27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
LUK 7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there
is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in
the kingdom of God is greater than he.
LUK 7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans,
justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
LUK 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God
against themselves, being not baptized of him.
LUK 7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of
this generation? and to what are they like?
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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: them, and, behold, they were sad.
GEN 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward
of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
GEN 40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is
no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations
belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
GEN 40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to
him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
GEN 40:10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought
forth ripe grapes:
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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: JOH 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus
forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
JOH 19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the
sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
JOH 19:15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief
priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
JOH 19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.
And they took Jesus, and led him away.
JOH 19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the
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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: JON 3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his
throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes.
JON 3:7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh
by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor
beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink
water:
JON 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry
mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and
from the violence that is in their hands.
JON 3:9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from
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