| 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: because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
JOH 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also
persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
JOH 15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's
sake, because they know not him that sent me.
JOH 15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin:
but now they have no cloak for their sin.
JOH 15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
JOH 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man
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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: EST 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with
cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble:
the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and
white, and black, marble.
EST 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being
diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the
state of the king.
EST 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for
so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they
should do according to every man's pleasure.
EST 1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal
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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: he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his
face toward the wilderness.
NUM 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in
his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon
him.
NUM 24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NUM 24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the
vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
NUM 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O
Israel!
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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: while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead
child in my bosom.
KI1 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold,
it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was
not my son, which I did bear.
KI1 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and
the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the
living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
KI1 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,
and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
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