| 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: PSA 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother
conceive me.
PSA 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the
hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
PSA 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow.
PSA 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou
hast broken may rejoice.
PSA 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
PSA 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit
within me.
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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: LUK 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new
wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall
perish.
LUK 5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are
preserved.
LUK 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new:
for he saith, The old is better.
LUK 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that
he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of
corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
LUK 6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that
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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: one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his
friends.
KI1 16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
KI1 16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by
which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking
the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
KI1 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against
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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: thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out
of the middle of a sling.
SA1 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to
my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee,
and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
SA1 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart
unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my
lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with
my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
SA1 25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet me:
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