| 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 23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the
Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
SA2 23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink
of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
SA2 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the
Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by
the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would
not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
SA2 23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do
this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their
lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three
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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: her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
DEU 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband,
then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman,
and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
DEU 22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband,
and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
DEU 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city,
and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because
she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled
his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
DEU 22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the
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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: grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
LEV 25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat
the increase thereof out of the field.
LEV 25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his
possession.
LEV 25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of
thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
LEV 25:15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt
buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the
fruits he shall sell unto thee:
LEV 25:16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the
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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 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by
all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own
heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
KI1 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the
children of men;)
KI1 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the
land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
KI1 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people
Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
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