| 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: such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king
Solomon.
KI1 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,
brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
KI1 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of
the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for
singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
KI1 10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal
bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
KI1 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
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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: heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
LAM 4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more
regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they
favoured not the elders.
LAM 4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our
watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
LAM 4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end
is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
LAM 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven:
they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the
wilderness.
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