| 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: KI1 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns
of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained
the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with
walls and brasen bars:
KI1 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
KI1 4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
KI1 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
KI1 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
KI1 4:18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
KI1 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the
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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: tortoise after his kind,
LEV 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the
snail, and the mole.
LEV 11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth
touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth
fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment,
or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it
must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it
shall be cleansed.
LEV 11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth,
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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: kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
ACT 7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into
this land, wherein ye now dwell.
ACT 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to
set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a
possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
ACT 7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a
strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat
them evil four hundred years.
ACT 7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge,
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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: RTH 3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that
her mother in law bade her.
RTH 3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he
went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,
and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
RTH 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and
turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
RTH 3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine
handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a
near kinsman.
RTH 3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for
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