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: DEU 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and
bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the
city in the gate:
DEU 22:16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my
daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
DEU 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her,
saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of
my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the
elders of the city.
DEU 22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise
him;
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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: Ishmael.
JER 41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of
the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to
Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
JER 41:2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that
were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan
with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor
over the land.
JER 41:3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the
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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: DAN 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which
smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them
to pieces.
DAN 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the
gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found
for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.
DAN 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof
before the king.
DAN 2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath
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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: singleness of heart,
ACT 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the
Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
ACT 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour
of prayer, being the ninth hour.
ACT 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom
they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to
ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
ACT 3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an
alms.
ACT 3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on
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