| 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: the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish:
so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
JON 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was
a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
JON 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his
god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship;
and he lay, and was fast asleep.
JON 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest
thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think
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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: nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the
child, and nursed it.
EXO 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she
said, Because I drew him out of the water.
EXO 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that
he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied
an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
EXO 2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that
there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
EXO 2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the
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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: set my feet in a large room.
PSA 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
PSA 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:
my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
PSA 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among
my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me
without fled from me.
PSA 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken
vessel.
PSA 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side:
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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: tidings, because the king's son is dead.
SA2 18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast
seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
SA2 18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But
howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said,
Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
SA2 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him,
Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
SA2 18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up
to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold a man running alone.
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