| 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: shut the gate.
JOS 2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the
roof;
JOS 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you
the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
JOS 2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red
sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two
kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og,
whom ye utterly destroyed.
JOS 2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,
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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: sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
GEN 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood
by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door,
and bowed himself toward the ground,
GEN 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight,
pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
GEN 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your
feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
GEN 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your
hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your
servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
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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: Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a
man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
NEH 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
NEH 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither
told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:
neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
NEH 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before
the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of
Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed
with fire.
NEH 2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's
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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: the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
SA2 2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together
after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
SA2 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour
for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?
how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following
their brethren?
SA2 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely
then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his
brother.
SA2 2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and
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