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: be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small
matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they
shall bear the burden with thee.
EXO 18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then
thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their
place in peace.
EXO 18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did
all that he had said.
EXO 18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them
heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers
of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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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: holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the
LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by
shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass
offering.
LEV 5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the
holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the
priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of
the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are
forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it
not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
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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: PRO 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh
lies shall perish.
PRO 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to
have rule over princes.
PRO 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his
glory to pass over a transgression.
PRO 19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour
is as dew upon the grass.
PRO 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the
contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
PRO 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a
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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: SA1 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over
unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side,
and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh.
SA1 14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against
Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
SA1 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come,
and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be
that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to
save by many or by few.
SA1 14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine
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