| 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 17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed
Saul.
SA1 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's
sheep at Bethlehem.
SA1 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and
presented himself forty days.
SA1 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren
an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp
of thy brethren;
SA1 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
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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: CH1 1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim,
CH1 1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,)
and Caphthorim.
CH1 1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
CH1 1:14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
CH1 1:15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
CH1 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
CH1 1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
CH1 1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
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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: chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
SA2 1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.
And I answered, Here am I.
SA2 1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an
Amalekite.
SA2 1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay
me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
SA2 1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he
could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was
upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought
them hither unto my lord.
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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: chariots.
SA1 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains
over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his
chariots.
SA1 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to
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.
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