| 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: before the king.
KI1 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give
half to the one, and half to the other.
KI1 3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king,
for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her
the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be
neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
KI1 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child,
and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
KI1 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had
judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God
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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: condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders,
MAT 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent
blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
MAT 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself.
MAT 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is
not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of
blood.
MAT 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's
field, to bury strangers in.
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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: perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
JOB 28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
JOB 28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is
turned up as it were fire.
JOB 28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust
of gold.
JOB 28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's
eye hath not seen:
JOB 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion
passed by it.
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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: MAT 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the
goodman of the house,
MAT 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast
made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the
day.
MAT 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no
wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
MAT 20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this
last, even as unto thee.
MAT 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is
thine eye evil, because I am good?
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