| 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: who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with
gladness;
MAR 4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time:
afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake,
immediately they are offended.
MAR 4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear
the word,
MAR 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,
and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it
becometh unfruitful.
MAR 4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear
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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 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
ISA 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to
this people.
ISA 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the
weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
ISA 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and
there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken,
and snared, and taken.
ISA 28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that
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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: you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of
the earth?
ISA 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the
inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens
as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
ISA 40:23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of
the earth as vanity.
ISA 40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown:
yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also
blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them
away as stubble.
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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: judged Israel seven years.
JDG 12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
JDG 12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he
judged Israel ten years.
JDG 12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in
the country of Zebulun.
JDG 12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged
Israel.
JDG 12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on
threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
JDG 12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was
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