| 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: the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep
the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing,
with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
NEH 12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together,
both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the
villages of Netophathi;
NEH 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba
and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about
Jerusalem.
NEH 12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and
purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
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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: be cooks, and to be bakers.
SA1 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
SA1 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
SA1 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and
your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
SA1 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his
servants.
SA1 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye
shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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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: they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities,
and dwelt in them.
JDG 21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time,
every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence
every man to his inheritance.
JDG 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that
which was right in his own eyes. RTH 1:1 Now it came to pass in the
days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a
certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab,
he, and his wife, and his two sons.
RTH 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
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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: stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his
brethren.
GEN 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh
heard.
GEN 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father
yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled
at his presence.
GEN 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray
you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye
sold into Egypt.
GEN 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that
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