| 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: searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we
have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great
stature.
NUM 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of
the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were
in their sight.
NUM 14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and
the people wept that night.
NUM 14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that
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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: joy, and with instruments of musick.
SA1 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
SA1 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he
said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have
ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
SA1 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
SA1 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from
God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and
David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin
in Saul's hand.
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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: LUK 9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered,
and his raiment was white and glistering.
LUK 9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses
and Elias:
LUK 9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he
should accomplish at Jerusalem.
LUK 9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep:
and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood
with him.
LUK 9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said
unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three
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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: year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the
groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
CH2 34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and
the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves,
and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and
made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had
sacrificed unto them.
CH2 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and
cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
CH2 34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and
Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
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