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: a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
SA1 14:31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to
Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
SA1 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,
and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them
with the blood.
SA1 14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against
the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have
transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
SA1 14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say
unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep,
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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: over the congregation,
NUM 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before
them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the
congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
NUM 27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of
Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
NUM 27:19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
NUM 27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all
the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
NUM 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask
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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: of the LORD thy God.
DEU 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you
to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you
to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from
off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
DEU 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the
one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve
other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and
stone.
DEU 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither
shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there
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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 they should kill David.
SA1 19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan
told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore,
I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a
secret place, and hide thyself:
SA1 19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field
where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I
see, that I will tell thee.
SA1 19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and
said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David;
because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been
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