| 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: they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and
all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
SA2 20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I
pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
SA2 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou
Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words
of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
SA2 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time,
saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the
matter.
SA2 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel:
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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: besides, that we might enquire of him?
KI1 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I
hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
KI1 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten
hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
KI1 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the
entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before
them.
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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: tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came,
saying, Israel shall be thy name:
KI1 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the
LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain
two measures of seed.
KI1 18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces,
and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and
pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
KI1 18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the
second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the
third time.
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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: gallant ship pass thereby.
ISA 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD
is our king; he will save us.
ISA 33:23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen
their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great
spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
ISA 33:24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that
dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
ISA 34:1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let
the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that
come forth of it.
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