| 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: SA1 3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose
and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli
perceived that the LORD had called the child.
SA1 3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be,
if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant
heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
SA1 3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times,
Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
SA1 3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in
Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall
tingle.
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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: child in my bosom.
KI1 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold,
it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was
not my son, which I did bear.
KI1 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and
the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the
living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
KI1 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth,
and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the
dead, and my son is the living.
KI1 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword
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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: hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
NUM 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I
defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
NUM 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I
behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned
among the nations.
NUM 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth
part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last
end be like his!
NUM 23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I
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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: had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are
in the land of Gilead.
JDG 10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
JDG 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the
gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of
Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served
not him.
JDG 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the
children of Ammon.
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