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: more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as
at the beginning,
CH1 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I
tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
CH1 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou
must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after
thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
CH1 17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne
for ever.
CH1 17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not
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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: shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
JOS 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of
thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
JOS 2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she
sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the
window.
JOS 2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there
three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought
them throughout all the way, but found them not.
JOS 2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and
passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things
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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: his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon
him.
NUM 24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NUM 24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the
vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
NUM 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O
Israel!
NUM 24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the
river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted,
and as cedar trees beside the waters.
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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: men shall be hid.
ISA 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the
LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and
who knoweth us?
ISA 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed
as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He
made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had
no understanding?
ISA 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be
turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed
as a forest?
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