| 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: KI1 5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses:
a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was
over the levy.
KI1 5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,
and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
KI1 5:16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the
work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that
wrought in the work.
KI1 5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
KI1 5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew 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: evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her,
I found her not a maid:
DEU 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and
bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the
city in the gate:
DEU 22:16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my
daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
DEU 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her,
saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of
my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the
elders of the city.
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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: DEU 2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy
hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty
years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
DEU 2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau,
which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from
Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
DEU 2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither
contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for
a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a
possession.
DEU 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and
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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: DEU 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy
God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all
people that are upon the face of the earth.
DEU 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because
ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all
people:
DEU 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the
oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out
with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
DEU 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful
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