| 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: fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his
arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water,
and is faint.
ISA 44:13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with
a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the
compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the
beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
ISA 44:14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the
oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest:
he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
ISA 44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof,
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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: the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he
did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the
transgression of them that had been carried away.
EZR 10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto
all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves
together unto Jerusalem;
EZR 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according
to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should
be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that
had been carried away.
EZR 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves
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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: me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
ZEC 5:6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that
goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the
earth.
ZEC 5:7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is
a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
ZEC 5:8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst
of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
ZEC 5:9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came
out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like
the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and
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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: therein; and let them not regard vain words.
EXO 5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their
officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I
will not give you straw.
EXO 5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of
your work shall be diminished.
EXO 5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
EXO 5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
EXO 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
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