| 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: KI1 1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the
king said, What wouldest thou?
KI1 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy
God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign
after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
KI1 1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,
thou knowest it not:
KI1 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance,
and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and
Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not
called.
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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 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up
for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
DEU 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who
shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it,
and do it?
DEU 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy
heart, that thou mayest do it.
DEU 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death
and evil;
DEU 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his
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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: searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou
forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
CH1 28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an
house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
CH1 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,
and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the
upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the
place of the mercy seat,
CH1 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the
courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of
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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: that know him not see his days?
JOB 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks,
and feed thereof.
JOB 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the
widow's ox for a pledge.
JOB 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide
themselves together.
JOB 24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their
work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them
and for their children.
JOB 24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the
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