| 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: trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an
uproar?
KI1 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar
the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a
valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
KI1 1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord
king David hath made Solomon king.
KI1 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
KI1 1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him
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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: deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
GEN 34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
GEN 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,
that every male of you be circumcised;
GEN 34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
GEN 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
GEN 34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
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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: unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
JER 27:4 And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
JER 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the
ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it
unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
JER 27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the
field have I given him also to serve him.
JER 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's
son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations 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: ISA 40:4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill
shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
places plain:
ISA 40:5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh
shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
ISA 40:6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh
is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
ISA 40:7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of
the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
ISA 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our
God shall stand for ever.
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