| 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: because the LORD had shut up her womb.
SA1 1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of
the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
SA1 1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou?
and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better
to thee than ten sons?
SA1 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after
they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the
temple of the LORD.
SA1 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD,
and wept sore.
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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: DEU 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt
thou be when thou goest out.
DEU 28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee
to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way,
and flee before thee seven ways.
DEU 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy
storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall
bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
DEU 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as
he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD
thy God, and walk in his ways.
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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: Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
JDG 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us
thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
JDG 8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of
you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the
vintage of Abiezer?
JDG 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their
anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
JDG 8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three
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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: ye, nor your sons for ever:
JER 35:7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant
vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that
ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
JER 35:8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our
father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days,
we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;
JER 35:9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we
vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
JER 35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done
according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
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