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: oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from
Judah? And he said, I am.
KI1 13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
KI1 13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:
neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
KI1 13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat
no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that
thou camest.
KI1 13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an
angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with
thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he
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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: NEH 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me;
as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let
us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good
work.
NEH 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn,
and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel
against the king?
NEH 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven,
he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but
ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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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: hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger
sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
JDG 15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless
than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
JDG 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took
firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst
between two tails.
JDG 15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into
the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and
also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
JDG 15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they
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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: ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
EST 8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was
given at Shushan the palace.
EST 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal
apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a
garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and
was glad.
EST 8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
EST 8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the
king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a
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