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: have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
ISA 37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of
ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass,
that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
ISA 37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were
dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the
green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it
be grown up.
ISA 37:28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in,
and thy rage against me.
ISA 37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into
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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: weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
ISA 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy
viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
ISA 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the
nations!
ISA 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
ISA 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
the most High.
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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 28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by
the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and
there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and
no man shall buy you.
DEU 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded
Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside
the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
DEU 29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have
seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto
Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
DEU 29:3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs,
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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: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
MIC 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out
of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD
our God, and shall fear because of thee.
MIC 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and
passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he
retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
MIC 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will
subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths
of the sea.
MIC 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to
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