| 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: LEV 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall
be an abomination unto you.
LEV 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among
the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,
and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
LEV 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
LEV 11:15 Every raven after his kind;
LEV 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
after his kind,
LEV 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
LEV 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
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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: ISA 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made
strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even
determined upon the whole earth.
ISA 28:23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
ISA 28:24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break
the clods of his ground?
ISA 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast
abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal
wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
ISA 28:26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach
him.
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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: men of valour.
CH2 14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an
host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto
Mareshah.
CH2 14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in
array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
CH2 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is
nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no
power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we
go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail
against thee.
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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: DEU 3:17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from
Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under
Ashdothpisgah eastward.
DEU 3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God
hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before
your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
DEU 3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I
know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have
given you;
DEU 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as
unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God
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