| 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: JOB 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
JOB 1:14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were
plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
JOB 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they
have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am
escaped alone to tell thee.
JOB 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said,
The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and
the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee.
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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: ACT 15:31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
ACT 15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted
the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
ACT 15:33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in
peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
ACT 15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
ACT 15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and
preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
ACT 15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again
and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of
the LORD, and see how they do.
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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: of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon
their corpses:
NAH 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured
harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her
whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
NAH 3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will
discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy
nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
NAH 3:6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile,
and will set thee as a gazingstock.
NAH 3:7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee
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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: MAT 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and
by all things thereon.
MAT 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by
him that dwelleth therein.
MAT 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of
God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
MAT 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other undone.
MAT 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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