| 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: his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let
him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
CO1 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his
heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
CO1 7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that
giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
CO1 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth;
but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she
will; only in the Lord.
CO1 7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I
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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: PSA 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
PSA 30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast
kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
PSA 30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
PSA 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
PSA 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
PSA 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand
strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
PSA 30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made
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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: Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
GEN 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast
taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?
And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's
mandrakes.
GEN 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went
out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have
hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
GEN 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare
Jacob the fifth son.
GEN 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have
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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: JER 43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt;
and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array
himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment;
and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
JER 43:13 He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the
land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn
with fire.
JER 44:1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which
dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and
at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
JER 44:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen
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