| 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: SA1 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for
Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine
horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I
have provided me a king among his sons.
SA1 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill
me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to
sacrifice to the LORD.
SA1 16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what
thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
SA1 16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to
Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said,
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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: DEU 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is
unclean unto you.
DEU 14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
DEU 14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and
the ossifrage, and the ospray,
DEU 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
DEU 14:14 And every raven after his kind,
DEU 14:15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk
after his kind,
DEU 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
DEU 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
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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: DEU 28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but
thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast
his fruit.
DEU 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy
them; for they shall go into captivity.
DEU 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
DEU 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very
high; and thou shalt come down very low.
DEU 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he
shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
DEU 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall
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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: without the city:
LEV 14:41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round
about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the
city into an unclean place:
LEV 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place
of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the
house.
LEV 14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house,
after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the
house, and after it is plaistered;
LEV 14:44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the
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