| 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: 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,
KI1 9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that
then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
KI1 9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon
had given him; and they pleased him not.
KI1 9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me,
my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
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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: ECC 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the
house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will
lay it to his heart.
ECC 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
ECC 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the
heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
ECC 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
ECC 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter
of the fool: this also is vanity.
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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: EZR 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping
and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto
him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and
children: for the people wept very sore.
EZR 10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and
have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is
hope in Israel concerning this thing.
EZR 10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away
all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of
my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; 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: store.
CH2 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of
the LORD; and they prepared them,
CH2 31:12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated
things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei
his brother was the next.
CH2 31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and
Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and
Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his
brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler
of the house of God.
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