| 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 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David
the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances,
saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
SA1 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore
afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
SA1 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself
mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his
spittle fall down upon his beard.
SA1 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is
mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
SA1 21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to
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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: young pigeons, such as he can get;
LEV 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the
priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the
LORD.
LEV 14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy,
whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
LEV 14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
LEV 14:34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you
for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land
of your possession;
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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: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and
white, and black, marble.
EST 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being
diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the
state of the king.
EST 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for
so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they
should do according to every man's pleasure.
EST 1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal
house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
EST 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with
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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: sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into
mine own bosom.
PSA 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother:
I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
PSA 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves
together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and
I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
PSA 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me
with their teeth.
PSA 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions.
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