| 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: SA1 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the
LORD.
SA1 2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any
man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in
seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
SA1 2:14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they
did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
SA1 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and
said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for
he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
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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: eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
JER 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
JER 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of
Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto
them, saith the LORD:
JER 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
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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: Shephatiah the son of Abital;
SA2 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born
to David in Hebron.
SA2 3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of
Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the
house of Saul.
SA2 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter
of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto
my father's concubine?
SA2 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and
said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day
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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: shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
ISA 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a
nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their
God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in
approaching to God.
ISA 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not?
wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your
labours.
ISA 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the
fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your
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