| 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: CH2 6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the
LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
CH2 6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of
all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
CH2 6:13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long,
and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the
midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his
knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands
toward heaven.
CH2 6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in
the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy
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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: SA1 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
SA1 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the
same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
SA1 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they
rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
SA1 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of
him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
SA1 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of
war from his youth.
SA1 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's
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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: CH2 1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and
Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
CH2 1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the
LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a
thousand burnt offerings upon it.
CH2 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him,
Ask what I shall give thee.
CH2 1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto
David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
CH2 1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be
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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: a vessel, that I may drink.
KI1 17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said,
Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
KI1 17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake,
but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and,
behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me
and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
KI1 17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast
said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and
after make for thee and for thy son.
KI1 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal
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