| 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: of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
JOH 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because
there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
JOH 3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
JOH 3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about purifying.
JOH 3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was
with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same
baptizeth, and all men come to him.
JOH 3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it
be given him from heaven.
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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: that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I
walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
DEU 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD
and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that
are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out
his name from under heaven.
DEU 29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the
tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are
written in this book of the law:
DEU 29:22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall
rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land,
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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: went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
GEN 11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and
Terah died in Haran.
GEN 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I
will shew thee:
GEN 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee,
and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
GEN 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that
curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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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: JOB 29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared
my seat in the street!
JOB 29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose,
and stood up.
JOB 29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their
mouth.
JOB 29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the
roof of their mouth.
JOB 29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me:
JOB 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless,
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