| 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: GEN 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I
will make him a great nation.
GEN 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she
went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
GEN 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
GEN 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took
him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
GEN 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol
the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with
thee in all that thou doest:
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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: JER 39:12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do
unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
JER 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and
Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of
Babylon's princes;
JER 39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the
prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
JER 39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was
shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
JER 39:16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith
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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: him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
EXO 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
EXO 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall
go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy
bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into
thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
EXO 8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people,
and upon all thy servants.
EXO 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth
thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over 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: and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
KI1 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for
riches and for wisdom.
KI1 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom,
which God had put in his heart.
KI1 10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and
mules, a rate year by year.
KI1 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he
had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at
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