| 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: JER 40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee,
that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and
the remnant in Judah perish?
JER 40:16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of
Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of
Ishmael.
JER 41:1 Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of
the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 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: king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the
days of his life. LAM 1:1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was
full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among
the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become
tributary!
LAM 1:2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks:
among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have
dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
LAM 1:3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because
of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:
all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
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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: JDG 1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a
city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto
this day.
JDG 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean
and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and
her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land.
JDG 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
JDG 1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in
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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: JOS 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four
cities.
JOS 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
JOS 21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their
lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
JOS 21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
JOS 21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs;
four cities.
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