| 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: of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all
people:
KI1 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the
LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
KI1 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God,
who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken
hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them:
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
KI1 9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon
had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
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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: time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
JER 33:2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed
it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
JER 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not.
JER 33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the
houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah,
which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
JER 33:5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them
with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my
fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
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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: princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to
establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever
shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O
king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
DAN 6:8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that
it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which
altereth not.
DAN 6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
DAN 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into
his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem,
he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks
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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: in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my
mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the
king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
SA2 19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I
will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou
shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
SA2 19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was
come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned
unto his own place.
SA2 19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with
him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the
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