| 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: day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
CH2 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook
the counsel of the old men,
CH2 10:14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
CH2 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was
of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand
of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
CH2 10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto
them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in
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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: ISA 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
ISA 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
ISA 59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with
iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered
perverseness.
ISA 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they
trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth
iniquity.
ISA 59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he
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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: Elam, the chief of their might.
JER 49:36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four
quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and
there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
JER 49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,
and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them,
even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after
them, till I have consumed them:
JER 49:38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from
thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
JER 49:39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will
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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 keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the
sight of all them that looked upon her.
EST 2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal
in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of
his reign.
EST 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she
obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so
that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of
Vashti.
EST 2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his
servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces,
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