| 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: subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and
gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the
land, that they might do with them as they would.
NEH 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed
houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and
fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became
fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
NEH 9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee,
and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which
testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great
provocations.
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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: coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
SA1 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to
Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we
shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that
happened to us.
SA1 6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to
the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
SA1 6:11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the
coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
SA1 6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh,
and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to
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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: unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away,
and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with
him, over Jordan?
SA2 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because
the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this
matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any
gift?
SA2 19:43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We
have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than
ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had
in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were
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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: thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day
of his death.
JDG 13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the
man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what
we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
JDG 13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God
came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her
husband was not with her.
JDG 13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband,
and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto
me the other day.
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