| 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: that even the winds and the sea obey him!
MAT 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the
Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the
tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
MAT 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before
the time?
MAT 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine
feeding.
MAT 8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out,
suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
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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: tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men
should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
GEN 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I
will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and
the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
GEN 33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk
that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the
sight of my lord.
GEN 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
GEN 33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and
made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called
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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: SON 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me
was love.
SON 2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of
love.
SON 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace
me.
SON 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by
the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
please.
SON 2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping upon the hills.
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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: before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword,
nor with thy bow.
JOS 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and
cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and
oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
JOS 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and
in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other
side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
JOS 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you
this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served
that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites,
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