| 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: my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die:
GEN 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a
little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my
soul shall live.
GEN 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning
this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou
hast spoken.
GEN 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till
thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
GEN 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
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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: DEU 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be
to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
DEU 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou
shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed
of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance.
DEU 22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray,
and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto
thy brother.
DEU 22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him
not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with
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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: DEU 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he
that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness
he shall not be put to death.
DEU 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him
to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put
the evil away from among you.
DEU 17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between
blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke,
being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise,
and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
DEU 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the
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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: toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
NUM 19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean;
and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
NUM 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in
Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
NUM 20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
NUM 20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God
that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
NUM 20:4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into
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