| 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: the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and
the scribes came upon him with the elders,
LUK 20:2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest
thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
LUK 20:3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one
thing; and answer me:
LUK 20:4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
LUK 20:5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say,
From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
LUK 20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for
they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
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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: not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
why then doth Adonijah reign?
KI1 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also
will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
KI1 1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the
king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
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
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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: upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed,
and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever
from the LORD.
KI1 2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and
slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
KI1 2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over
the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
KI1 2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him,
Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth
thence any whither.
KI1 2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest
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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: angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
ECC 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also
divers vanities: but fear thou God.
ECC 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent
perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the
matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be
higher than they.
ECC 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself
is served by the field.
ECC 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor
he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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