| 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: KI1 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had
devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of
Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
KI1 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word
of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn
incense.
KI1 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and
said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born
unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer
the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's
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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: CH2 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the
LORD.
CH2 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the
people dedicated the house of God.
CH2 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with
instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to
praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised
by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all
Israel stood.
CH2 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was
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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: him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the
sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
SA2 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And
Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
SA2 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand:
so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to
the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai
his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
SA2 20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that
favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
SA2 20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And
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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: men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
OBA 1:9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that
every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
OBA 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
OBA 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day
that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners
entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as
one of them.
OBA 1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother
in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
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