| 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: Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
JDG 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us
thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the
Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
JDG 8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of
you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the
vintage of Abiezer?
JDG 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb
and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their
anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
JDG 8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three
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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: 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 third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so
our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
PSA 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt.
PSA 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those
that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
PSA 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may
Israel say;
PSA 124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men
rose up against us:
PSA 124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was
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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: send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the
words that were declared unto them.
NEH 8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the
fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the
scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
NEH 8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded
by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the
feast of the seventh month:
NEH 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities,
and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and
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