| 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: SA2 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
SA2 14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in
the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other,
and slew him.
SA2 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid,
and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him,
for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir
also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not
leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
SA2 14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I
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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: Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians,
and the Amorites.
EZR 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for
their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the
people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been
chief in this trespass.
EZR 9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle,
and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down
astonied.
EZR 9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the
words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that
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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: said,
MAT 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made
a marriage for his son,
MAT 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to
the wedding: and they would not come.
MAT 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which
are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings
are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
MAT 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his
farm, another to his merchandise:
MAT 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them
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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: perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
JOB 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
JOB 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a
very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men
of the east.
JOB 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his
day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink
with them.
JOB 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,
that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and
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