| 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: before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is
stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with
my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
JDG 14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to
Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave
change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger
was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
JDG 14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had
used as his friend.
JDG 15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat
harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go
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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: both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any
work?
EZE 15:5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much
less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it,
and it is burned?
EZE 15:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the
trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I
give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
EZE 15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from
one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I
am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
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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: JER 49:29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall
take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their
camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
JER 49:30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,
saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel
against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
JER 49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth
without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which
dwell alone.
JER 49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in 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: unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned
all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
NEH 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the
spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers
were behind all the house of Judah.
NEH 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens,
with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the
work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
NEH 4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side,
and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
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