| 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 48:9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God
hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto
me, and I will bless them.
GEN 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not
see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced
them.
GEN 48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy
face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
GEN 48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he
bowed himself with his face to the earth.
GEN 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
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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: GEN 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do
remember my faults this day:
GEN 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in
the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
GEN 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed
each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
GEN 41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant
to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us
our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
GEN 41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me
he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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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: me every thing that ye can hear.
SA2 15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came
into Jerusalem.
SA2 16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold,
Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses
saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred
bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of
wine.
SA2 16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And
Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the
bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such
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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: LUK 2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said
unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and
I have sought thee sorrowing.
LUK 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye
not that I must be about my Father's business?
LUK 2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
LUK 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was
subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
LUK 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with
God and man.
LUK 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
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