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: PSA 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
PSA 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
PSA 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste
thee to help me.
PSA 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of
the dog.
PSA 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from
the horns of the unicorns.
PSA 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
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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: in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his
blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
SA2 4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut
off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in
Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the
sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
SA2 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and
spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
SA2 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he
that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee,
Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over
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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: Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one
of the king's captains.
CH2 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty
men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
CH2 26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and
seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to
help the king against the enemy.
CH2 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields,
and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast
stones.
CH2 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to
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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: the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities,
and all Israel in their cities.
EZR 3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel
were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man
to Jerusalem.
EZR 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the
priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and
builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings
thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
EZR 3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them
because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt
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