| 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: JOS 20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you
cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
JOS 20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and
unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the
avenger of blood.
JOS 20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall
stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his
cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into
the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
JOS 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall
not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour
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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: an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp
of thy brethren;
SA1 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their
thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
SA1 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the
valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
SA1 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep
with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he
came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and
shouted for the battle.
SA1 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array,
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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: Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
KI1 1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and
ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
KI1 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I
will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men
to run before him.
KI1 1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying,
Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother
bare him after Absalom.
KI1 1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
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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: sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not
one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his
friends.
KI1 16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to
the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
KI1 16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by
which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking
the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
KI1 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
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