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: off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no
understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them,
and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
ISA 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall
beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye
shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
ISA 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet
shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the
land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
ISA 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose
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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: MAT 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are
ye not much better than they?
MAT 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature?
MAT 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of
the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
MAT 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these.
MAT 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to
day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more
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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: away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
ACT 22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to
Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
ACT 22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly
out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
ACT 22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in
every synagogue them that believed on thee:
ACT 22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was
standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them
that slew him.
ACT 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence
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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: his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon
desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of
his dominion.
KI1 9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of
Israel,
KI1 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did
Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
KI1 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but
they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his
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