| 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 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,
that every male of you be circumcised;
GEN 34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
GEN 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
GEN 34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
GEN 34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he
had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the
house of his father.
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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: all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
COL 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working,
which worketh in me mightily.
COL 2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you,
and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in
the flesh;
COL 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in
love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the
acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
COL 2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
COL 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing
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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: MAT 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land
unto the ninth hour.
MAT 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?
MAT 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said,
This man calleth for Elias.
MAT 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and
filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
MAT 27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to
save him.
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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: that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men
is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and
after that they go to the dead.
ECC 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for
a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ECC 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not
any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them
is forgotten.
ECC 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.
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