| 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: escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art
thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
JDG 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said
Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took
him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time
of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
JDG 12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the
Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
JDG 12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
JDG 12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent
abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he
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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: is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
SA1 9:8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have
here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to
the man of God, to tell us our way.
SA1 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus
he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a
Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
SA1 9:10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So
they went unto the city where the man of God was.
SA1 9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
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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: EXO 31:2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
EXO 31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and
in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
EXO 31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and
in brass,
EXO 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of
timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
EXO 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise
hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded
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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: 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.
LAM 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn
feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
LAM 1:5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the
LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her
children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
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