| 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: SA1 19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him,
and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him,
saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be
slain.
SA1 19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and
fled, and escaped.
SA1 19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a
pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
SA1 19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is
sick.
SA1 19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying,
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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: PSA 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and
give praise.
PSA 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will
awake early.
PSA 57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto
thee among the nations.
PSA 57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto
the clouds.
PSA 57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be
above all the earth.
PSA 58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge
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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: king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
ISA 20:2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy
shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
ISA 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked
and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon
Ethiopia;
ISA 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians
prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and
barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
ISA 20:5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their
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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: up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
JER 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report,
say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my
halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail
against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
JER 20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore
my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion
shall never be forgotten.
JER 20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest
the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee
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