| 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: thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
NUM 22:33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times:
unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and
saved her alive.
NUM 22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned;
for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore,
if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
NUM 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:
but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
NUM 22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to
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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: SA2 19:5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast
shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved
thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives
of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
SA2 19:6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For
thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor
servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we
had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
SA2 19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy
servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not
tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than
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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: NEH 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
against them day and night, because of them.
NEH 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is
decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the
wall.
NEH 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see,
till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work
to cease.
NEH 4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them
came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall
return unto us they will be upon you.
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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: ever; it shall not be built again.
DEU 13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine
hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew
thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers;
DEU 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to
keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that
which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
DEU 14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut
yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
DEU 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the
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