| 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: GEN 37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our
hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren
were content.
GEN 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites
for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
GEN 37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not
in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
GEN 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is
not; and I, whither shall I go?
GEN 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats,
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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: adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
MAT 15:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with
unwashen hands defileth not a man.
MAT 15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre
and Sidon.
MAT 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts,
and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;
my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
MAT 15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and
besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
MAT 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost
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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: layeth his wait.
JER 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
JER 9:10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and
for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are
burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the
voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are
fled; they are gone.
JER 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I
will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
JER 9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he
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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: talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked
prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
JER 12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow,
yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from
their reins.
JER 12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried
mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and
prepare them for the day of slaughter.
JER 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field
wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are
consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last
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