| 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: loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
KI1 19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how
he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
KI1 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the
gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one
of them by to morrow about this time.
KI1 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and
came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
KI1 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and
came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself
that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my
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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: swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
PSA 69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
PSA 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble:
hear me speedily.
PSA 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of
mine enemies.
PSA 69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
mine adversaries are all before thee.
PSA 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:
and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for
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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: NUM 26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
NUM 26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is
that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who
strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when
they strove against the LORD:
NUM 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up
together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured
two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
NUM 26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
NUM 26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the
family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of
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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: said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
NUM 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up
himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
and drink the blood of the slain.
NUM 23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor
bless them at all.
NUM 23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,
saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
NUM 23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring
thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou
mayest curse me them from thence.
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