| 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: will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
KI1 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his
seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were
in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
KI1 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people:
KI1 21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness
against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then
carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
KI1 21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who
were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and
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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: KI1 18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a
sore famine in Samaria.
KI1 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house.
(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
KI1 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD,
that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave,
and fed them with bread and water.)
KI1 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all
fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass
to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
KI1 18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it:
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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: year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
NEH 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of
Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
NEH 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the
captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach:
the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire.
NEH 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down
and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the
God of heaven,
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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: KI1 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the
country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he
was the only officer which was in the land.
KI1 4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
KI1 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the
land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought
presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
KI1 4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of
fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
KI1 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an
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