| 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: EXO 14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel,
removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from
before their face, and stood behind them:
EXO 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of
Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by
night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
EXO 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made
the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
EXO 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea
upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right
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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: dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when
thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt
make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with
thee.
ISA 33:2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou
their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
ISA 33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up
of thyself the nations were scattered.
ISA 33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the
caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon
them.
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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: thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a
sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me,
to lie in wait, as at this day?
SA1 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so
faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in
law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
SA1 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from
me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the
house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or
more.
SA1 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou,
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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: land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
DEU 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of
thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee,
in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall
distress thee:
DEU 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate,
his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his
bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
DEU 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his
children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the
siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress
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