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 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any
thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
KI1 10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and
the house that he had built,
KI1 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his
cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the
LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
KI1 10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in
mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
KI1 10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes
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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: EZE 33:16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned
unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely
live.
EZE 33:17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is
not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
EZE 33:18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
EZE 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which
is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
EZE 33:20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of
Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
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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: JOH 6:24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there,
neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum,
seeking for Jesus.
JOH 6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they
said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
JOH 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of
the loaves, and were filled.
JOH 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat
which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give
unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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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: because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by
the chamberlains?
EST 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti
the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the
princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king
Ahasuerus.
EST 1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women,
so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall
be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought
in before him, but she came not.
EST 1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day
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