| 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: namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto
Israel.
JDG 9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his
mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of
the house of his mother's father, saying,
JDG 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem,
Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which
are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over
you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
JDG 9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the
men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow
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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: house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen
men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring
the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
CH2 11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying,
CH2 11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to
all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
CH2 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against
your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of
me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going
against Jeroboam.
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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: this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this
people wood, and it shall devour them.
JER 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of
Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what
they say.
JER 5:16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
JER 5:17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy
sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and
thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall
impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
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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: all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
SA2 20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I
pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
SA2 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou
Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words
of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
SA2 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,
saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the
matter.
SA2 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel:
thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
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