| 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: ECC 10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that
cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
ECC 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must
he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
ECC 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a
babbler is no better.
ECC 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of
a fool will swallow up himself.
ECC 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and
the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
ECC 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall
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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: NUM 34:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye
come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you
for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
NUM 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin
along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost
coast of the salt sea eastward:
NUM 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of
Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from
the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to
Azmon:
NUM 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river
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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: JER 37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the
ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of
Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to
the Chaldeans.
JER 37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the
Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and
brought him to the princes.
JER 37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote
him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they
had made that the prison.
JER 37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the
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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: and they came out with one consent.
SA1 11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel
were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
SA1 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say
unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye
shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of
Jabesh; and they were glad.
SA1 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out
unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
SA1 11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in
three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning
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