| 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: PRO 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to
anger appeaseth strife.
PRO 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the
way of the righteous is made plain.
PRO 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth
his mother.
PRO 15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of
understanding walketh uprightly.
PRO 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the
multitude of counsellors they are established.
PRO 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken
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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: shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
GEN 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even
of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
GEN 23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave
that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my
people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
GEN 23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
GEN 23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will
give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead
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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: said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that
will make known unto the king the interpretation.
DAN 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was
Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have
seen, and the interpretation thereof?
DAN 2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The
secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the
astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
DAN 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and
maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter
days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
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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: NEH 12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in
the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of
Eliashib.
NEH 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and
Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to
praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man
of God, ward over against ward.
NEH 12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
NEH 12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son
of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the
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